{"id":31198,"date":"2013-12-18T11:59:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T06:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31198"},"modified":"2013-12-18T11:59:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T06:29:42","slug":"salient-features-lokpal-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/salient-features-lokpal-bill","title":{"rendered":"Salient features of Lokpal bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/salient-features-lokpal-bill\/cc-6\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31200\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31200\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/salient-features-lokpal-bill\/cc-6\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/cc5.jpg?fit=288%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"288,175\" 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=\"cc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/cc5.jpg?fit=288%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31200 alignright\" alt=\"cc\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cc5-150x91.jpg?resize=150%2C91&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/cc5.jpg?resize=150%2C91&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/cc5.jpg?w=288&amp;ssl=1 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Following are the salient features of the amended Lokpal Bill passed on Tuesday by the Rajya Sabha.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Lokayuktas:<\/strong> The new bill mandates states to set up Lokayuktas within 365 days. States have the freedom to determine the nature and type of Lokayukta.<\/p>\n<p>The old bill said the law shall be applicable to states only if they give consent to its application.<\/p>\n<p>The old bill gave power to the central government to appoint state Lokayuktas while the new draft gives this power to the states.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Constitution of Lokpal: <\/strong>The Lokpal will consist of a chairperson and a maximum of eight members, of which fifty percent shall be judicial members. Fifty percent members of Lokpal shall be from among SC, ST, OBCs, minorities and women.<\/p>\n<p>The older version said the chairperson shall be the Chief Justice of India or a present or former judge of the Supreme Court or a non-judicial member with specified qualifications (chief justice or a judge of a high court).<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Selection of Lokpal:<\/strong> The selection committee will have Prime Minister, Lok Sabha Speaker, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India. A fifth member of the selection committee for selection of Lokpal under the category of &#8220;eminent jurist&#8221; may be nominated by the President on the basis of recommendation of the first four members of the selection committee.<\/p>\n<p>In the old bill, selection of the fifth person was left entirely to the President.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Religious bodies and trust: <\/strong>The new bill includes societies and trusts that collect public money, receive funding from foreign sources, and have an income level above a certain threshold, it excludes bodies creating endowments for or performing religious or charitable functions.<\/p>\n<p>The old bill expanded definition of public servant by bringing societies and trusts which receive donations from the public (over a specified annual income) and, organisations which receive foreign donations (over Rs 10 lakh a year) within the purview of the Lokpal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Prosecution: <\/strong>In the new version, before taking a decision on filing a chargesheet in a case upon consideration of the investigation report, the Lokpal may authorise its own prosecution wing or the concerned investigating agency to initiate prosecution in special courts.<\/p>\n<p>Under the old bill, prosecution of the case could be done only by the prosecution wing of the Lokpal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Central Bureau of Investigation: <\/strong>For independence of the CBI, in the new bill a directorate of prosecution will be formed. Appointment of the director of prosecution will be on the recommendation of the Central Vigilance Commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>Transfer of officers of CBI investigating cases referred by Lokpal will be only with the approval of Lokpal who will also have superintendence over CBI in relation to Lokpal referred cases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Hearing: <\/strong>The new bill says a government servant will get a hearing before a decision is taken by the Lokpal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Prime Minister: <\/strong>The Prime Minister will be under the purview of the Lokpal with subject matter exclusions and specific process for handling complaints against the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Investigation: <\/strong>Inquiry has to be completed within 60 days and investigation to be completed within six months. Lokpal shall order an investigation only after hearing the public servant.<\/p>\n<p>Inquiry against the prime minister has to be held in-camera and approved by two-thirds of the full bench of the Lokpal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Penalty:<\/strong> False and frivolous complaints &#8211; imprisonment up to one year and a fine of up to Rs.1 lakh. Public servants &#8211; imprisonment up to seven years. Criminal misconduct and habitually abetting corruption &#8211; jail term up to 10 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lokpal&#8217;s journey to transparency<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1966 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Morarji Desai led First Administrative Reforms Commission recommends setting up of Lokpal at Centre and Lokayukta in states to look into complaints against public functionaries, including MPs<\/p>\n<p><strong>1968-2001 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Successive governments introduce Lokpal bill eight times<\/p>\n<p><strong>2002 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Justice MN Venkatachaliah led Constitution Review Commission stresses the need for Lokpal and Lokayuktas<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UPA-I&#8217;s national common minimum programme promises that Lokpal bill would be enacted<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Veerappa Moily led Second Administrative Reforms Commission reiterates that Lokpal be established without delay<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jan: UPA-II&#8217;s GoM headed by Pranab Mukherjee suggests a range of anti-corruption measures, including the Lokpal bill<\/p>\n<p>Apr 5: Anna Hazare begins his fi rst fast at Jantar Mantar demanding enactment of Jan Lokpal bill drafted by his team<\/p>\n<p>Apr 9: Anna ends fast as the government forms a joint drafting committee consisting of ministers and civil society members<\/p>\n<p>Jun 21: The last meeting of the drafting committee ends with the two sides coming up with separate drafts<\/p>\n<p>Aug 4: Govt introduces a Lokpal bill, widely attacked as fl awed<\/p>\n<p>Aug 8: Bill referred to standing committee<\/p>\n<p>Aug 16: Anna launches second fast for Jan Lokpal bill<\/p>\n<p>Dec 22: Govt re-introduces Lokpal and Lokayuktas bill<\/p>\n<p>Dec 27: Lok Sabha passes bill<\/p>\n<p>Dec 29: Introduced in Rajya Sabha<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Re-introduced in Rajya Sabha. Referred to select committee<\/p>\n<p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dec 10: Anna Hazare begins fast in his village in Maharashtra, demanding urgent introduction of a new anti-corruption law<\/p>\n<p>Dec 13: Amended bill tabled in Rajya Sabha<\/p>\n<p>(Source:IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following are the salient features of the amended Lokpal Bill passed on Tuesday by the Rajya Sabha. 1. Lokayuktas: The new bill mandates states to set up Lokayuktas within 365 days. States have the freedom to determine the nature and type of Lokayukta. The old bill said the law shall be applicable to states only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":31200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[8921,2913,47765,27224,27225,47774,47775,23371],"class_list":["post-31198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-lokayuktas","tag-lokpal-bill","tag-news","tag-salient-features-of-the-amended-lokpal-bill","tag-salient-features-of-the-lokpal-bill","tag-todays-news","tag-todays-top-news","tag-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Salient features of Lokpal bill<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Salient features of Lokpal bill\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/salient-features-lokpal-bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Salient features of Lokpal bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Salient features of Lokpal bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/salient-features-lokpal-bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; 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