Lokpal Selection Panel

Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose today took oath as the first Lokpal or anti-corruption ombudsman of India in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.

The Supreme Court has asked the search committee on Lokpal to recommend a panel of names for appointment of the country's first anti-graft watchdog by February end. An eight-member search committee was constituted by the centre in September last year to recommend names to the selection panel, headed by the Prime Minister, for appointment of a Lokpa...

The Congress has boycotted the Lokpal Selection Committee meeting for a fifth time this year, asserting that it would continue to do so until the leader of the single largest opposition party is given the status of a full-fledged member in the panel.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed as an eminent jurist in the selection committee for appointment of the Lokpal, the Centre told Supreme Court today.

The selection committee for appointing Lokpal has decided to first fill the vacancy of eminent jurist in the panel before taking further action, the centre today told the Supreme Court about the outcome of the committee's March 1 meeting in which Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge declined to participate as a special invitee.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has reportedly decided to make a major political concession and include an opposition member on the panel that will select a Lokpal or the national anti-corruption ombudsman.

A panel headed by Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has suggested major changes in the way the national ombudsman or Lokpal should be selected, strongly recommending that the Centre must have no role in the process.

Justice KT Thomas, heading the panel tasked to search the for nine members who will be part of the Lokpal or the anti-corruption national ombudsman, has withdrawn from the committee.

Senior lawyer Fali Nariman has refused to participate in the process of selecting India's first ever Lokpal, or national anti-corruption ombudsman, weeks after a controversy over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's nominee for the Lokpal selection committee.

Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today met President Pranab Mukherjee to escalate her party's opposition to the Prime Minister's choice of a jurist for the Lokpal panel that will select the national anti-corruption ombudsman.

The appointment of India's first ever Lokpal has set off a major political confrontation between the Centre and the BJP months ahead of the national election. The main opposition party has objected to the Prime Minister's choice of a jurist for the panel that will select the national anti-corruption ombudsman. The BJP reportedly wants to meet Presi...

The appointment of India's first ever Lokpal has got off to a bad start with the BJP opposing the Prime Minister's choice of a jurist for the panel that will select the national anti-corruption ombudsman.

Accusing the government of trying to short-circuit the recommendations of a Parliamentary panel on the Lokpal bill to select the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director, the BJP has written to the Prime Minister asking him to put in abeyance the new CBI chief's appointment.

They are at war over the FDI in retail issue, but the Opposition and the government will also demonstrate rare unity today when Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley tables a select committee's report on the Lokpal Bill.

A parliamentary panel set up to iron out sharp political divisions over the shaping of the Lokpal Bill, today adopted a draft report, indicating that most of the contentious issues may have now been sorted out.

Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose today took oath as the first Lokpal or anti-corruption ombudsman of India in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.

The Supreme Court has asked the search committee on Lokpal to recommend a panel of names for appointment of the country's first anti-graft watchdog by February end. An eight-member search committee was constituted by the centre in September last year to recommend names to the selection panel, headed by the Prime Minister, for appointment of a Lokpa...

The Congress has boycotted the Lokpal Selection Committee meeting for a fifth time this year, asserting that it would continue to do so until the leader of the single largest opposition party is given the status of a full-fledged member in the panel.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed as an eminent jurist in the selection committee for appointment of the Lokpal, the Centre told Supreme Court today.

The selection committee for appointing Lokpal has decided to first fill the vacancy of eminent jurist in the panel before taking further action, the centre today told the Supreme Court about the outcome of the committee's March 1 meeting in which Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge declined to participate as a special invitee.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has reportedly decided to make a major political concession and include an opposition member on the panel that will select a Lokpal or the national anti-corruption ombudsman.

A panel headed by Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has suggested major changes in the way the national ombudsman or Lokpal should be selected, strongly recommending that the Centre must have no role in the process.

Justice KT Thomas, heading the panel tasked to search the for nine members who will be part of the Lokpal or the anti-corruption national ombudsman, has withdrawn from the committee.

Senior lawyer Fali Nariman has refused to participate in the process of selecting India's first ever Lokpal, or national anti-corruption ombudsman, weeks after a controversy over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's nominee for the Lokpal selection committee.

Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today met President Pranab Mukherjee to escalate her party's opposition to the Prime Minister's choice of a jurist for the Lokpal panel that will select the national anti-corruption ombudsman.

The appointment of India's first ever Lokpal has set off a major political confrontation between the Centre and the BJP months ahead of the national election. The main opposition party has objected to the Prime Minister's choice of a jurist for the panel that will select the national anti-corruption ombudsman. The BJP reportedly wants to meet Presi...

The appointment of India's first ever Lokpal has got off to a bad start with the BJP opposing the Prime Minister's choice of a jurist for the panel that will select the national anti-corruption ombudsman.

Accusing the government of trying to short-circuit the recommendations of a Parliamentary panel on the Lokpal bill to select the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director, the BJP has written to the Prime Minister asking him to put in abeyance the new CBI chief's appointment.

They are at war over the FDI in retail issue, but the Opposition and the government will also demonstrate rare unity today when Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley tables a select committee's report on the Lokpal Bill.

A parliamentary panel set up to iron out sharp political divisions over the shaping of the Lokpal Bill, today adopted a draft report, indicating that most of the contentious issues may have now been sorted out.