{"id":28227,"date":"2018-10-24T11:23:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T05:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28227"},"modified":"2018-10-24T11:23:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T05:53:27","slug":"sc-pulls-up-centre-for-its-delay-in-appointing-a-lokpal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sc-pulls-up-centre-for-its-delay-in-appointing-a-lokpal\/","title":{"rendered":"SC pulls up Centre for its delay in appointing a Lokpal"},"content":{"rendered":"

SC pulls up Centre for its delay in appointing a Lokpal<\/a><\/p>\n

News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. The government affidavit on Lokpal is \u201cwholly unsatisfactory\u201d says Supreme Court.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Important facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

    2. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, filed a contempt petition against the government for not appointing a Lokpal despite an April 2017 judgment by the court<\/p>\n

    3. On this the court said that government\u2019s stand on completing the appointment of a Lokpal, an ombudsman to protect the common man from corruption in public service and power centres, was \u201cwholly unsatisfactory.\u201d<\/p>\n

    4. Recently, the selection committee led by PM Modi met on the choice of a search committee for the Lokpal.<\/p>\n

    5. Search Committee:<\/u><\/p>\n