India which was ranked 72nd in the year 2007 in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), on the basis of a survey conducted by Transparency International, slipped to rank No.84 in the year 2009, from out of 180 surveyed nations, i.e., it was considered far more corrupt in the year 2009 than what was perceived earlier in the year 2007. India’s integrity score, a major component of the survey, stood at 3.4 out of the highest score of 10 which indicated that our country had a long way to go in reducing, let alone eradicating, corruption. A country with a higher score from out of 10 is considered to be less corrupt. India’s rank was calculated collecting data from 13 sources, all of which measured the overall extent of corruption by gauging the frequency and size of bribes in the public and the political sectors. (K. Srinivasulu v. Government of A.P. (2010(3) ALD 452 (DB)).In the corruption perception index (CPI) for the year 2010, India was ranked even lower at 87 from out of the 178 surveyed nations. India’s integrity score for the year 2010 fell further to 3.3 from out of 10. For the year 2011, the corruption perception index (CPI) ranks India even lower at 95 from among the