{"id":10185,"date":"2011-04-21T17:28:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T11:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=10185"},"modified":"2011-04-21T17:28:27","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T11:58:27","slug":"civil-society-members-guarded-on-bhushan-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/civil-society-members-guarded-on-bhushan-controversy","title":{"rendered":"Civil society members guarded on Bhushan controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/RTI.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10187\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/civil-society-members-guarded-on-bhushan-controversy\/rti-6\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/RTI.jpg?fit=440%2C316&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"440,316\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RTI\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/RTI.jpg?fit=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10187\" title=\"RTI\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/RTI.jpg?resize=440%2C316&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/RTI.jpg?w=440&amp;ssl=1 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/RTI.jpg?resize=150%2C107&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/RTI.jpg?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a>Civil society members on the Lokpal Bill panel were guarded Thursday on whether committee co-chair Shanti Bhushan and and his son Prashant Bhushan, embroiled in the CD controversy, will continue on the panel.<\/p>\n<p>Right to Information (RTI) activist and panel member Arvind Kejriwal declined to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t have to say anything on this&#8230; talk to Prashant Bhushan and Shanti Bhushan. I was here to discuss some sections and clauses of Lokpal bill draft,&#8221; Kejriwal told reporters while coming out of the Bhushans&#8217; house here.<\/p>\n<p>Another member of the panel, Justice (retd) N. Santosh Hegde said that the matter will be discussed in the meeting of the civil society group.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to see what process was followed at government lab while testing the CD. If the CD is true, then the matter is serious and we will discuss the matter,&#8221; said Hegde, while declining to comment if the Bhushans should step down.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, social activist Swami Agnivesh said the Bhushans should continue on the panel, and questioned the timing of the CD&#8217;s release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government should investigate why the CD was released a day before the first meeting of the panel on April 16. There will not be any change in the committee as it will affect the formation of a stringent anti-graft law,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The CD purpotedly contains a conversation between Shanti Bhushan, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, and then party general secretary (now expelled) Amar Singh on fixing a judge for a hefty consideration. The CD has been tested in different labs which have given different versions on its authenticity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civil society members on the Lokpal Bill panel were guarded Thursday on whether committee co-chair Shanti Bhushan and and his son Prashant Bhushan, embroiled in the CD controversy, will continue on the panel. 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