SC fixes time limit for states on lokayuktas
TNN | Oct 25, 2018, 03:51 IST
The Supreme Court of India.NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday cornered some states into giving undertakings to appoint Lokayuktas and members to the anti-corruption watchdog body within a specified time frame.
A bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi left the states with no option with its incessant questioning and made them furnish undertakings to make Lokayukta bodies functional. While West Bengal said it would make the Lokayukta functional by January 1, Tamil Nadu was allowed time till February 1 to follow suit.
Mizoram said it would appoint Lokayukta and members of the anti-corruption body to make it functional by December 15. Manipur said it would complete all formalities to make the body functional in three months. Telangana, which is going to polls, will have to make Lokayukta functional within three months of the new dispensation taking charge.
Appearing for Nagaland, advocate general K N Balgopal told the court that the government was amending the provisions of Lokayukta rules and that it would take time to complete the process of selection and appointment of Lokayukta. After going through the nature of the amendment, the SC said it would like to interact with the state chief secretary on October 29 on this issue.
A bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi left the states with no option with its incessant questioning and made them furnish undertakings to make Lokayukta bodies functional. While West Bengal said it would make the Lokayukta functional by January 1, Tamil Nadu was allowed time till February 1 to follow suit.
Mizoram said it would appoint Lokayukta and members of the anti-corruption body to make it functional by December 15. Manipur said it would complete all formalities to make the body functional in three months. Telangana, which is going to polls, will have to make Lokayukta functional within three months of the new dispensation taking charge.
Appearing for Nagaland, advocate general K N Balgopal told the court that the government was amending the provisions of Lokayukta rules and that it would take time to complete the process of selection and appointment of Lokayukta. After going through the nature of the amendment, the SC said it would like to interact with the state chief secretary on October 29 on this issue.
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