Rajasthan's widely-criticised order shielding ministers, lawmakers and government officials from investigation into complaints against them was challenged in the High Court today and openly opposed by two lawmakers of the ruling BJP - one even referencing the Emergency of 1975. A petition in the court says the order allows a "large section of the society the license to commit crime". The ordinance or executive order put out last month by the Vasundhara Raje government stops courts from taking up complaints against public servants without the government's approval. It also makes it a crime for the media to report on the accused minister, lawmaker or official without sanction.
