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Are Civil Servants Holy Cows?

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Art. 311
Civil Servants
Constitution
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) Act
SC judgement

Recently, a media report quoted the Karnataka Chief Minister, S M Krishna saying, “I don’t have the power to punish corrupt civil servants” and making a case for amending the Constitution to enable state governments to act against erring civil servants.

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