Letters: Questions remain

The principle is that the decision-maker is responsible for the consequences of his action

With reference to the editorial, “Lessons from coal” (May 24), the judgment of a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court to jail three senior IAS officers on charges of corruption in awarding a coal block in Madhya Pradesh to a private party in 2006-07 raises some questions as well.

It is difficult to believe that the officers working under the prime minister himself, known for procedural correctness and integrity, would have dared to break the rules to benefit from this on their own and for their good only. The fact that the CBI dropped the case during the United Progressive Alliance