New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday stressed on striking a balance to protect honest Government servants discharging their official functions from frivolous complaints while ensuring corrupt officers were not shielded. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and KV Viswanathan said if honest public servants were made vulnerable because of vexatious complaints, they would not function at all and this might lead to a "policy paralysis".
The Supreme Court was hearing the petition by noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan against dilution of Prevention of Corruption Act in 2018, challenging the constitutional validity of Section 17A of the new PC Act which mandates prior approval to start investigation against Government officials in corruption...