Swamy, who had filed the first complaint in 1996 as the then Janata Party chief, said “we have fought for this for 20 years.”
On the verdict passed by Justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy, he said “we knew that this bench will study the case properly and pass a detailed order.”
Swamy, who has been filing cases against his political opponents, said “this is a huge encouragement for me from the highest court of the land.”
“This judgement shows that it does not matter which party does corruption, the courts will take a tough stand against them,” he said.
The BJP leader said, “I am gratified by the extra note by Justice Roy in placing that corruption is a menace to the society.” Justice Roy, in a separate but concurring judgement, said, “We have expressed deep concern about escalating menace of corruption in the society.
PTI