What will be the consequences of lokpal bill

Here are four details about the Lokpal that undermine its effectiveness. This investigation should be completed within six months, failing which the investigative agency can ask for extensions, which should be for no more than six months at a time. The original bill as introduced in the Parliament in stipulated that an investigation had to be closed a year after it started. The draft prepared by Anna Hazare and civil society organisations had suggested that investigations be completed within 18 months but that investigations involving whistleblowers should be finished within three months.

As the Lokpal Bill currently stands, investigations can be extended indefinitely, whether whistleblowers are involved or not. This is not uncommon in India. In the Adarsh tower scam in Mumbai , for instance, the Bombay High Court criticised the Central Bureau of Investigation for its slow investigation, which delayed justice. Anna Hazare's group and the National Campaign for People's Right to Information had recommended that provisions be made for a body similar to the Lokpal in all states, called the Lokayukta.

But if states are given the freedom to determine the nature and type of the Lokayukta Bill, they are likely to weaken the powers of the Lokayukta. In , for example, Tehelka magazine reported financial irregularities in trusts controlled by yoga guru Baba Ramdev. Having religious bodies under the ambit of an independent body like the Lokpal could ensure that the millions who put their faith in such institutions have recourse to the law.

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