A million thanks to Chief Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas for not resigning before the trend-setting Supreme Court judgment by Justice S H Kapadia, Justice Panicker Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar.
The thinking of judges, as reflected in the ruling, resonates well with the country's current mood to have "accountability' in decisions of governance that matters. If Thomas had resigned before the filing of the case questioning the legality of his appointment, the country would not have got a wonderfully judicious order from the Supreme Court.
Thomas's exit would have ended the matter out of court. But now, for all the future governments, guidelines have been added in the appointment of the CVC. The judgment has gone quite far in improving the entire system of appointing the CVC.
The apex court ordered that Thomas's "impugned appointment" should be "quashed" because it has "no existence in the eye of the law." Although Thomas has been disgraced, the case against him has proved beneficial in straightening the codes of governance on the issue.
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