NewsX : Gujarat passes new Lokayukta Bill, empowers government, not Chief Justice

In what may set the stage for another face-off between the Gujarat government and Governor Kamla Beniwal, the State Assembly on Tuesday passed for the second time the Gujarat Lokayukta Aayog Bill, 2013, which was returned by Dr. Beniwal — who had called it a travesty of the institution of the ombudsman — for reconsideration.

The new Bill seeks to replace the existing Gujarat Lokayukta Act, 1986 and empowers the State government with regard to the appointment of the Lokayukta by doing away with the role of the High Court Chief Justice.



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