The demand by the civil society representatives to accord power to lokpal to delegate its ‘authority’ to individual members of the proposed 11-member body turned out to be a major sticking point in the fourth meeting of the joint drafting committee of the Bill. The meeting, which otherwise saw agreement over a host of other aspects of the proposed legislation, witnessed a long discussion on the issue of whether lokpal should...
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Shanti Bhushan expresses concern at slow lokpal Bill drafting by Gargi Parsai
Terming the process of drafting the lokpal Bill “slow,” joint drafting committee co-chairman Shanti Bhushan has expressed doubts about its completion by June 30, the deadline set by the government. The next meeting of the committee is scheduled for Monday. In a letter written on Thursday to Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who heads the committee, Mr. Bhushan said: “The deadline for drafting the Jan lokpal Bill is June 30. The progress...
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-PTI Civil society members are expected to make a strong pitch for speeding up the process to draft the lokpal Bill when they meet the representatives of the government tomorrow. The fourth meeting of the team led by Anna Hazare is expected to ask the ministerial team led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to call at least three meetings every week to complete the drafting process by the June 30 deadline set...
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Within two months of constitution of the joint drafting committee on Jan lokpal Bill, a civil society group has termed deliberations as “non-inclusive” in a clear indication of growing dissent over the working of the committee. In a similar letter written to two co-chairpersons of the committee, finance minister Pranab Mukerjee and Shanti Bhushan, who represents civil society, the National Campaign for People’s Right To Information (NCPRI) said even though the...
More »Questions raised about procedures adopted by lokpal panel by Gargi Parsai
Even as the government indicated after the last meeting of the lokpal Bill joint drafting committee (JDC) that it would initiate drafting the Bill on agreed points, the National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI) on Saturday raised several questions about the procedures being adopted by the panel, as well on the “official” public consultation that should take place. Discounting the lokpalbillconsultations.org website, launched by the panel's civil society members...
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