SC: Nepotism and Self-Aggrandizement Threaten Democracy
Here’s a revised version of the content you provided: NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has annulled the allocation of two flats by a Haryana government housing society to a member of its governing body and his subordinate, condemning nepotism and self-interest as fundamentally against democratic principles. Justices Sanjay Kumar and K Vinod Chandran overturned a Punjab and Haryana High Court decision, which had declined to intervene in the allotment process. The allotments in question were deemed arbitrary, biased, and a violation of the society’s own eligibility criteria. The bench stated, “Nepotism and self-aggrandizement are incompatible with a democratic system, particularly…