HONESTY IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST POLICY.(true story)
( Based on true stories) BY K P PASWAN. A Civil Servant in his early 30s was attending to a money laundering case in which a leading millionaire was accused of cheating the government. It was the month of August in India. There was irregular supply of electricity. Eminent lawyers, having sound knowledge of corporate affairs, were attending the case, and they were trying to browbeat the young Civil Servant by their forceful argument. Senior advocate, representing the businessman, put documents on the table and requested the Civil Servant to go through the documents. The documents must have weighed more than five kilograms. He talked of violating the fundamental rights of his client and demanded the closure of the case. After he finished his argument, second advocate shouted that the department harassed his respected client so much, that he had fallen sick and had been admitted in a private nursing home . He warned that his client was contemplating filling defamation...