Phase IFoundation
Background
Overview
UPSC examines the functioning of the Indian legal and political system, including challenges to its integrity and effectiveness. Impunity highlights issues of governance, accountability, and the upholding of constitutional principles like equality before the law.
The concept of impunity refers to the exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action, often implying a failure of the justice system to hold individuals, especially powerful ones, accountable. It directly challenges the principle of the Rule of Law, which mandates that all individuals and institutions are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced, and independently adjudicated.