Nervazhi gives citizens and public servants a place to document alleged bribe offers, bribe demands, bribe payments, corruption and injustice instead of allowing such incidents to disappear without a trace.
Public attention usually focuses on officials who are alleged to demand or accept bribes. However, the law also addresses persons who give or promise a bribe in order to induce a public servant to improperly perform an official duty.
Therefore, Nervazhi can record information about public servants alleged to have demanded or accepted bribes, as well as individuals alleged to have given or offered bribes.
If a public servant is alleged to have demanded a bribe, citizens may report it. Likewise, if someone has allegedly offered a bribe to a public servant, that public servant may record the information. People who directly saw or heard the incident may also record the facts known to them as witnesses.
Nervazhi does not declare anyone guilty, arrest anyone or punish anyone. It is only a platform for recording allegations and the information and evidence supporting them. Official investigation, legal proceedings, prosecution and punishment are the responsibility of the competent authorities and courts.
Government officials who engage in corruption or injustice, and members of the public who assist or encourage such conduct, should understand that someone may be observing and documenting their actions and that those actions may later come before the public.
When such awareness exists, it may encourage at least some people to step away from wrongful conduct.
Remind people to think for a moment before doing wrong — that is the goal of Nervazhi.
If a person allegedly offers, promises or gives money, a gift, property, service or another undue advantage to influence official work, the public servant concerned or a witness can document the allegation here.
If a public servant allegedly asks for, accepts or attempts to obtain an undue advantage, citizens, affected persons or witnesses can document that allegation here.
Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 covers a public servant who obtains, accepts or attempts to obtain an undue advantage in the circumstances specified by that section; the stated punishment is imprisonment from three to seven years and fine. Section 8 separately covers a person who gives or promises to give an undue advantage with the specified intent to induce or reward improper performance of public duty; the stated punishment may extend to seven years, or fine, or both.
Section 8 also contains statutory exceptions, including a person compelled to give the undue advantage who reports the matter to a law-enforcement authority or investigating agency within seven days, and a person acting after informing law enforcement in order to assist an investigation. The exact legal position depends on the facts of each case.
For that reason, Nervazhi does not say that the giver and receiver are always punished in exactly the same way. It says that alleged giving or promising and alleged receiving or obtaining can both be legally relevant and should not be ignored. A Nervazhi report is not a substitute for an official complaint.
View official government linksNervazhi encourages people to report what they genuinely know. It does not declare anyone guilty. Reporters should distinguish clearly between what they personally witnessed, what documents or recordings show and what another person told them.
False allegations, personal revenge, defamatory statements and manipulated evidence have no place here. The aim is responsible documentation that may support lawful accountability, not public shaming.
For general website communication, you can email Nervazhi Keralam at:
nervazhikeralam@gmail.comCitizens, public servants and witnesses can report anonymously, attach supporting evidence and keep a reference number to track the report.