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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bihar Assembly passes State Lokayukta Bill by Shoumojit Banerjee

Bihar Assembly passes State Lokayukta Bill by Shoumojit Banerjee

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published Published on Dec 7, 2011   modified Modified on Dec 7, 2011
-The Hindu
 
Move to give more teeth in combating corruption

In a move envisaged to give more teeth in combating corruption, the Bihar Assembly on Wednesday passed the Bihar Lokayukta Bill, 2011 by voice vote.

State Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mr. Vijendra Prasad Yadav tabled the Bill which was subsequently taken up for voting by the Speaker Mr. Uday Narayan Chaudhary, following deliberations by legislators from the ruling and Opposition parties.

“We have drawn up a strong and effective Bill with a highly transparent mechanism,” said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar adding that the selection of the Lokayukta would be free from bureaucratic and political hindrances.

Earlier, the bone of contention was the inclusion of the Chief Minister in the Lokayukta selection panel, which has now been amended with the presence of the Chairman of the Legislative Council, who will act as co-coordinator of the five-member selection committee.

According to the Bill's provisions, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly will serve as a member in this committee, while two sitting judges, nominated by the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, will also serve in the selection panel.

A search committee will be constituted out of this selection committee, which will have a time limit of three months to draw up a list of probable candidates for the post of the Lokayukta.

The search committee must include at least two members who are either judges of the Supreme Court or the Chief Justice or a sitting judge of the High Court.

The Bill's provisions further stipulate that in the event of doubts aired by any two members over a particular candidate, the person's name would immediately be dropped from the contention. Last week, the State Cabinet had approved of the draft Bill which was subsequently cleared by the Governor, Debanand Konwar.

Mr. Kumar emphasised that the selection rules were so designed as to remove any doubts on the personal integrity of the Lokayukta, who would not be affiliated to any political party nor have served any government-appointed committee in the past.


The Hindu, 8 December, 2011, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/article2696586.ece


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