When was lokpal bill first introduced in parliament

It will be the duty of the Lokpal to provide protection to those who are being victimized for raising their voice against corruption. The nature of the information is NOT intended to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is posted with the understanding that the blog writer is not engaged in any sort of biasing to any political party or person in particular.

You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Menu Skip to content. Be punctual!!! Salient features of Jan Lokpal Bill 1. Share this: Share Facebook Twitter. This is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has given dozens of rulings stating that any reservation should not be more than 50 percent.

Take it back, return with a fresh pro-constitutional bill and we will pass that. Don't do anything wrong fearing the agitation. Whatever right is to be done, we will do that.

We want a Lokpal bill but it has to be strong. This is not a strong bill. Wrong to bring ex-parliamentarians under Lokpal. The India Today. The New York Times. Retrieved 10 June The Hindustan Times. Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 1 July DNA India. The Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India. Corporate crime Corruption in local government Interest group corruption Police corruption Political corruption. Corruption Perceptions Index Economics of corruption.

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Privacy policy About Advocatespedia Disclaimers Mobile view. If you need help lets discuss here. Legislative history. Introduced in Lok Sabha on 4 August The bill lapsed. The Standing Committee presented its report to Parliament on 9 May However, the Lok Sabha was dissolved before government could finalise its stand.

The Twelfth Lok Sabha was dissolved before government could take a view on the recommendations made by The Parliamentary Standing Committee. Passed by the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Rajya Sabha passed the bill on 17 December Lok sabha passed the bill on 18 December Union Minister of Finance. Union Minister of Home Affairs. Veerappa Moily. Union Minister of Law and Justice. Kapil Sibal. Minister of Communication and Information Technology.

Salman Khursheed. Union Minister of Water Resources. Anna Hazare. Civil society. Santosh Hegde. Shanti Bhushan. Prashant Bhushan. Arvind Kejriwal. Chairperson and 10 members at least 4 members with legal background.

The Chairperson to have extensive knowledge of law. The members shall be selected from a list prepared by the Search Committee 10 members including civil society representatives. Impeccable integrity with at least 25 years of experience in public affairs, academics, commerce, finance etc.

Once appointed, cannot be an MP, MLA or be connected with a political party, business or practice a profession. A judicial member should have held judicial office for at least 10 years or been an advocate of the High Court or Supreme Court for at least 15 years. All members should be of impeccable integrity with record of public service especially in the field of corruption.

Must be a citizen of India at least 45 years old. Must have no case involving moral turpitude framed against him by a court. Cannot have been a government servant within the last 2 years.

Complaint against members are made to the President who may refer it to the Supreme Court who will conduct an inquiry. The President may remove the member, on the opinion of the Chief Justice, on grounds of bias, corruption, insolvency, paid employment or infirmity. The President removes members on the recommendation of the Supreme Court made within 3 months of a complaint. Grounds for removal: misbehavior, infirmity, insolvency, paid employment outside the office. An Independent Complaints Authority at the state level inquires into complaints against Lokpal staff.

All corruption cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, It covers MPs, Ministers, 'Group A' officers, 'Group A' officers in a company or body owned by the government, any officer of a government-financed society or trust or funded by Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, or that gets funds from the public.

Any offence committed by an MP in respect of a speech or vote in the House; wilfully giving or taking benefit from a person. Victimizing a whistleblower or witness. Lokpal must conduct a preliminary inquiry within 30 days.

If there is no prima facie case, the matter is closed. Given a prima facie case, Lokpal investigates after providing a suitable forum to the accused. The investigation must be completed within six months with an optional six-month extension after giving reasons in writing. No sanction shall be required by the Lokpal to investigate any complaint against a public servant.

When investigating corruption cases, the CBI works under the Lokpal. Investigations can last 6 to 18 months. Investigation of whistleblower complaints who are in danger of victimisation, must be completed within 3 months.

The Lokpal may constitute a prosecution wing headed by a director who files cases in the Special Court to be constituted by the central government on recommendation of the Lokpal.

Trials must complete within one year, which may be extended to two years for reasons given in writing. No sanction is required to file a case against a public servant. The Lokpal files cases in the Special Court and sends a copy of the report to the competent authority. The CBI's prosecution wing moves under Lokpal.

After an investigation is completed, the Lokpal may either initiate prosecution against the accused or impose penalty or both. Any person making false and frivolous or vexatious complaints shall be penalised with 2 to 5 years of jail and fine of Rs 25, to Rs , For any act of corruption, the penalty shall be from six months to life imprisonment. If the beneficiary for an offence is a business entity, a fine of up to five times the loss caused to the public shall be recovered.

If a company director is convicted, the company shall be blacklisted from any government contract. Convicted public servants are removed from office. Persons making a false complaint, are fined up to Rs , False complaints against a member of the Lokpal may result in 3 months imprisonment. Paid by Consolidated Fund of India. The budget of the Lokpal should not be less than 0. No sanction required from government to incur expenditure. The Lokpal can search and seize documents, attach property for 90 days, file for confirming the attachment within 30 days, and recommend suspension of the accused.

If recommendation of Lokpal is not accepted it can approach the High Court. A bench of the Lokpal can approve interception and monitoring of messages transmitted through telephone or internet. Manish Tewari. Meenakshi Natrajan. Devji M Patel.