SC slams govt for no action in Kargil scam

NEW DELHI: “It cannot go on like this,” the Supreme Court tersely told the Centre on Monday while rapping it for not taking action against officials allegedly involved in the multi-crore scam in the purchase of defence equipments in 1999 Kargil operations.
“We do not want to be harsh with you in the case. We have been accommodating but it cannot go on like this,” the bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam told the government.
The court’s remarks came when senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, assisting the court as amicus curiae, pointed out that the government has failed to take action against anyone during the last 12 years after the scam was unearthed.
Dwivedi submitted that there is lack of political will to take action on the part of the government. The CAG in its report has noted that there were many lapses in the purchase of defence equipments to the tune of over Rs.2,000 crore.