Legal Protections for Whistleblowers in India: A Critical Evaluation of the Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2014

Imagine being employed in a company and then encountering their activity that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe and fraudulent. This is whistleblowing an activity where a person which is often an employee reveals the illicit practices of the organisation they are employed in. This wrongdoing can include an ethical practises violation of safety any harmful behaviour to the consumers that they are not knowing about and illegal activities. When someone has the courage to talk about these things what comes in the mind is their employment will go, but also there can be risk if they are reporting against any big multinational company. A whistleblower can be from private spare or public spare and someone who reports, fraud, abuse, corruption, or dangerous public for the safety of the person who are consuming the Services, and even if not consuming the services are getting affected without knowing. In the recent decades, whistleblowers have immersed as a very important actor in the pursuit of transparency and accountability within governance structures as mentioned above, the disclosures of corruption, abuse of powers and insufficient is in public spare sectors, often at great personal risk. India, having an increment in corruption and bureaucratic opacity has witnessed high profile whistleblower cases who were tragically murdered after exposing the malpractices and government institutions. These incidents there is an urgent need for a legal framework that protects the individual who has courage to inform the wrongdoings that hinder public interest. This article discussing the history and law , it’s features and the landmark judicial interpretations , added by key cases representing need for legislation.