Centre was vindictive towards Magsaysay award winner Sanjiv Chaturvedi: SC

Imposes additional cost of Rs 25,000 against the Centre on top of existing Rs 25,000 cost imposed by Uttarakhand HC

The Supreme Court has imposed a Rs 25,000 cost on the Centre upholding a Uttarakhand high court order which had found the Union government ‘vindictive’ towards Magsaysay award winner, Sanjiv Chaturvedi who served as the chief vigilance officer at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

The cost imposed by Supreme Court comes as an addition to an existing cost imposed by the Nainital High Court in 2018 when it held the Central government to be vindicated against the whistleblower officer.

The case pertains to the health ministry giving a zero rating in the 2015-16 annual appraisal of the officer who had