New Delhi: Retired Supreme Court Judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose is set to be the country’s first Lokpal, or the anti-corruption ombudsman. The other members of the Lokpal would include four former High Court Judges, including a woman Judge, and four former civil servants. The selection was made weeks after the February-end deadline set by the Supreme Court.
Justice Ghose’s name was finalised and recommended by the Selection Committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi a couple of days ago. Passed in 2013, the Lokpal Act involves the setting up of a Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in States to look into cases of corruption against certain categories of public servants.
