Finance : The Jan Lokpal Bill (Hindi: जन लोकपाल विधेयक) (also referred to as the citizens' ombudsman bill) is a ...
Corporate Law : The Website of the Lokpal was inaugurated by the Chairperson, Justice Shri Pinaki Chandra Ghose in presence of all the Members of ...
Corporate Law : The Chairperson, Lokpal, Sh. Justice P. C. Ghose administered the oath of office to the following Members of Lokpal at a function ...
Income Tax : IRS Associationhas written a letter to Aam Aadmi Party Chief and former Income Tax Additional Commissioner Arvind Kejriwal and c...
Finance : The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 27th December, 2011. The Bill was taken up for discussion and ...
Finance : The Government has tabled a strong Lokpal Bill in Parliament which has features that are more progressive than in any Bill tabled ...
Corporate Law : Under Section 4 of the Act, the Chairperson and Members of the Lokpal are required to be appointed by the President on the recomme...
Corporate Law : On and from the date of commencement of this Act, every public servant shall make a declaration of his assets and liabilities in s...
The Ministries and Departments of Union Government are gearing up for legislative business in view of the forthcoming Session of Parliament. The Monsoon session will begin on 1st August 2011 and will continue up to 8th September 2011.Original and amendment bills are either being drafted or the readied bills are being sent for cabinet nod for consideration and passing in Parliament. The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Shri P K Bansal along with the three Ministers of state today reviewed the progress and preparedness of various ministries and departments of Union Government for taking up their legislative business.
As you are aware, there was an all-party meeting yesterday. It started at half-past four, went on till nearly quarter to eight. Apart from the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister – the Finance Minister is also chairman of the joint drafting committee – there were 31 speakers representing the political parties. Both Leaders of Opposition, Ms. Sushma Swaraj and Mr. Arun Jaitley, intervened. We are very happy with the outcome of the meeting. The meeting adopted unanimously a one-sentence resolution which read that the government would bring a bill in Parliament in accordance with established procedure.
Asserting that he has no hesitation in subjecting himself to the jurisdiction of Lokpal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday ruled out inclusion of higher judiciary within the ambit of the anti-corruption ombudsman. Bringing higher judiciary under the jurisdiction of the Lokpal would be contrary to the Constitutional scheme of things, he said while voicing confidence that a national consensus would be evolved on the proposeed Lokpal Bill.
Software icon N R Narayana Murthy on Saturday backed Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption and favoured the Prime Minister and the judiciary coming under the ambit of the Lokpal bill. The chairman and chief mentor of Infosys also supported the people taking to streets demanding an end to corruption.
Centre has sought the views of State Governments and Political Parties on certain issues related to drafting of Lokpal Bill. The text of the letter written by the Chairman of the Drafting Committee, Shri Pranab Mukherjee is as follows: The issue of setting up of a Lokpal to curb corruption in high places has been under the consideration of the Government of India for some time. In this context, the Legislative Department had prepared a draft Lokpal Bill in 2010, a copy of which is annexed. Simultaneously, some members from civil society have been advocating setting up of a Lokpal and a draft bill prepared by them is also annexed.
Advocate M L Sharma and others have moved the court contending that inclusion of five civil society members in the committee, which also has five ministers, is constitutionally flawed as a parliamentary committee must comprise only members of parliament and no one else.
Open to extending Aug 15 deadline if he finds the govt on the right path. In an apparent softening of stand, Anna Hazare today said Parliament was supreme and he would accept its decision if it rejected the Lok Pal Bill. Hazare also showed some flexibility on the August 15 deadline he had set for the passage of the Bill by Parliament, saying he was open to extending it if he found the government was on the right path.
