VIGILANCE MANUAL VOLUME III - AP Online

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servants to observe certain standards of decency
and morality in their private lives.
Laxmi Narain Pande vs. District Magistrate,
AIR 1960 All 55
The High Court observed that Government has the right to
expect that every Government servant will observe certain standards
of decency and morality in his private life. For example, the State
has the power to demand that no Government servant shall remarry
during the life time of his first wife. It may require its officials not to
drink alcoholic liquors at social functions. It may require the
Government servant to manage his private affairs as to avoid habitual
indebtness or insolvency. If Government were to sit back and permit
its officials to commit any outrage in their private lives provided it
falls short of a criminal offence, the result may very well be a
catastrophic fall in the moral prestige of the administration.
(33)
(A) P.C. Act, 1988 — Sec. 13(1)(e)
(B) Disproportionate assets — known sources of
income
(C) Disproportionate assets — burden of proof on
accused
(i) Expression “known sources of income” explained;
refers to sources known to the prosecution.
(ii) Burden is on the accused to prove the contrary.
Accused required not only to offer a plausible
explanation but also to satisfy that the explanation
is worthy of acceptance.
C.S.D. Swami vs. State,
AIR 1960 SC 7
The Supreme Court observed that the Legislature has
advisedly used the expression “satisfactorily account”. The emphasis
must be on the word “satisfactorily”, and the Legislature has, thus,