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Parl panel seeks details of roadmap on operationalising Lokpal's inquiry, prosecution wingsParliamentary Committee demands updates on Lokpal's inquiry and prosecution wings. The anti-corruption ombudsman's law was enacted in 2014....
Twelve years on, government sections weigh changes to Lokpal law for smoother functioningGovernment officials indicate the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act may need adjustments. Operational issues and ambiguities have emerged since its...
Take steps to form Lokpal's inquiry, prosecution wings within 6 months: Parliamentary Panel to govtA Parliamentary Panel urges the government to establish inquiry and prosecution wings for the Lokpal within six months, emphasizing the nee...
Not prosecuted single person to date, Lokpal's performance far from satisfactory: Parliamentary PanelAccording to the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, the Lokpal shall, by notification, constitute a prosecution wing headed by the Director o...
Lokpal gets 1,719 graft complaints so far this year, 136 were registered for inquiryThe Lokpal had received 5,680 complaints during 2021-22 -- of these 169 were under format and 5,511 were in non-format category. During 202...
Lokpal fails to give prosecution sanction to anyone in nearly 3 yearsThe appointments of directors of inquiry and prosecution, the two top personnel for looking into complaints of corruption and processing pr...
Lokpal given requisite staff to conduct graft inquiry, prosecution of guilty public servants: Govt"The institution of the Lokpal has been sanctioned requisite staff including that provided under sections 11 and 12 of the Lokpal and Lokay...
Lokpal writes to Centre for appointment of directors of inquiry and prosecutionBased on an RTI reply, anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal has written to the Central government for the appointment of the directors of inqui...
CM under ambit of Jan Lokpal; upto life term for corruptionThe Jan Lokpal Bill will have life imprisonment as maximum punishment for corruption, even as CM's office has been kept under its ambit.
More teeth to CBI: Prosecution wing now under CBI directorGovt has placed the CBI legal wing, which used to report to Law Ministry, under CBI Director, making his word final in investigations.
CBI must be rescued from UPA’s fear to avoid a travesty of justiceThe law minister thought that he represents the political sovereign and is entitled to direct the CBI to alter the basic substance of its r...
- RS panel for power to Lokpal to sanction prosecution
The constitutional protection available to civil servants under Articles 311 and 320, clause 3(C) of the Constitution would also be adverse...
- Without CBI, Lokpal a mere complainant; not acceptable: Hegde
Team Anna member N Santosh Hegde said the step would reduce the anti-corruption watchdog to a mere complainant which is not acceptable.
- BJP to oppose Lokpal Bill if introduced in Lok Sabha in present form
Soon after the union Cabinet approved the Lokpal Bill today evening, BJP expressed its unhappiness over the reported provisions in the Bill.
- Lokpal draft report a disappointment: Kiran Bedi
Team Anna member Kiran Bedi has warned that going back on commitment by Parliament would call for a mass movement again.
- CBI may lose its prosecution power, no consensus on PM
The parliamentary panel on Lokpal is likely to recommend that CBI's prosecution powers be hacked and a separate autonomous wing for prosecu...
- Place CBI under Lokpal, CBI director AP Singh to tell parliamentary panel
CBI is expected to tell the parliamentary standing committee that it would prefer to work under the proposed ombudsman in its entirety.
Lokpal Bill: What India is fighting forIn all the debate, protests, dharnas and strikes, the basic facts on the institution of Lokpal are getting lost. ET presents a 5-minute gui...
- Babus to be presumed corrupt if they fail to declare assets: Lokpal bill
Lokpal will presume that a public servant has acquired assets through corrupt means if he or she fails to declare them or gives misleading ...
Lokpal Bill: Key issues the panel will have to thrash outThe result of their exertions would bear little resemblance to the much touted Jan Lokpal unless some of its key features are endorsed by t...