LL.M. (Gold Medalist) Ph.D, NET,JRF, Asst. Professor Classic College of Law Bareilly, Affiliated M.J.P Rohilkhand University, Bareilly
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The Role of White Collar Crime in Public Governance
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The politicians, police and criminal nexus in India has resulted in loss of principles of the rule of law. Rule of law which is the primary pillar of a democracy is being shaken by such a nexus. The politicians who are elected are expected to work for those in griefs and not for their own greed. This is what is not observed. Promises that are made during elections are never kept. The poor and the needy get swayed away by such promises, and thereby lose their most powerful weapon of voting. Once power is achieved, greed of the politicians overpowers the problems of the citizens.
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Chaturvedi, A. (2026). The Role of White Collar Crime in Public Governance. International Journal of Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Commerce, 2(1), 7-11. https://doi.org/10.65919/ijahssc.2026.v2i1002
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- 1. “Wherever law ends, tyranny begins” is a famous maxim by English philosopher John
- Locke. It comes from his work Second Treatise of Government (1689), meaning that
- rulers and officials must follow the law just like everyone else. If a leader breaks the law
- to hurt others, they act like a tyrant.
- 2. The supremacy of law, also known as the rule of law, means that regular law is supreme
- over arbitrary power. No person, leader, or government official is above the law. Everyone
- must obey the same established legal rules
- 3. No person, rich or poor, high or low, is above the law. It stops any person or group from
- getting special favors.
- 4. The predominance of legal spirit is the third pillar of the Rule of Law defined by legal
- scholar A.V. Dicey. It means that personal rights and constitutional freedoms grow out
- of real court cases and judicial traditions, rather than just abstract text written in a
- single document
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- 6. Famous maxim by the English historian Lord Acton, written in an 1887 letter to Bishop
- Mandell Creighton. It means that as a person gains more authority and control, their
- moral sense tends to weaken, and total unchecked power removes all accountability and
- leads to severe moral decay.
- 7. Difference between MLA and MP is a key aspect of parliamentary systems. MLA stands
- for Member of Legislative Assembly, representing a state or provincial constituency,
- while MP stands for Member of Parliament, representing a specific district at the national
- level. Their responsibilities, jurisdictions, and legislative powers differ significantly within
- the political structure.
- 8. An EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) is a device used to cast and count votes electronically.
- In India, it is developed by the Election Commission of India in collaboration with BEL
- and ECIL, consisting of a Control Unit, a Balloting Unit, and a VVPAT paper slip system
- 9. Criminalisation is the formal process by which certain behaviors, actions, or omissions
- are defined as crimes under the law, making those who engage in them liable to
- prosecution, conviction, and punishment
- 10. Organised crime is a structured, continuous group activity operated for financial profit
- or power. These groups use corruption, force, and intimidation to run illegal enterprises,
- such as drug trafficking, human smuggling, and money laundering, while evading the
- law
- 11. Lokpal and Lokayukta Act of 2013 established statutory anti-corruption ombudsman
- bodies in India. The Lokpal operates at the national level for the Union, investigating
- public functionaries including the Prime Minister, ministers, and central officials, while
- Lokayuktas operate independently within individual states to address state-level
- government corruption.
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