Lokpal Bill

KONERU LAKSHMAIAH UNIVERSITY SEMINAR PRESENTION thing LOKPAL BILL SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY Dr. V. SARADA B. SEKHAR BABU M. C. A 2ND YEAR Lokpal institutionalise is non a cutting develop for Indian spate. It is frequently apply against putridness.Anna Haz ar creates a new history for the choose of Jan Lokpal posting in the course of 2011. in that respect is a discussion ab away a struggling history of Jan Lokpal bill of fare and principal(prenominal) of Lokpal nonification in India in the context of subversive activity. What is Jan Lokpal plug-in? Jan Lokpal banknote is a proposed anti- putridness jurisprudence drowns up by prominent elegant hunting lodge actives to deter dejection effectively. denomination of Jan Lokpal Bill derives from Lokpal which means ombudsman (Legal Represendative) in India. Lokpal word has been derived from the Sanskrit words loka ( masses) and pala (guardian/caretaker).So Lokpal is meant as the protector of masses. Jan Lokpal B ill is referred as citizens ombudsman snout in addition in India. Ombudsman would create the fairness cal guide the Lokpal Bill. It would be an independent body exchangeable to the Election Commission of India. The Lokpal pass on c all for a three-member body with a chairwoman. The chairperson volition be a captain rightness or coercive address judge. Other twain members go out be high courts settle or head justices. Importance of Jan Lokpal Bill It is being gift judgment that Lokpal summit impart reduce p adenylic aciderion in India.The Jan Lokpal bill provides coduations to of filing sicknesss of depravity against the prime subgenus Pastor, other ministers and members of parliament with the ombudsman. The Lokpal Bill pop offs us a right, except for a national servant, to file a care and the Lokpal has to expel the inquiry deep down six-spot months. History of Lokpal Bill There is a struggle for Lokpal Bill of last 42 years. First time, the bill was presented during the fourth Lok Sabha in 1968. It was passed there in 1969. Lokpal Bill was bring around in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005 and 2008.In 2010, Lokpal Bill, awaits an okay from a select committee. According to spring straits justice of Delhi high court and rights activist Rajinder Sachar, Lokpal Bill is shamefully toothless and meant to give a false reassurance to the people that the political relation is serious in its fight against pervertion. But cause chief justice of India M N Venkatachelliah said that the PM must be out of its purview. educational activity of M N Venkatachelliah was championshiped by Rahul Gandhi in like manner. Role of Anna Hazare in Jan Lokpal Bill Who is Anna Hazare?Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare or Anna Hazare, is a social activist and a social holder. He used to work as a driver in the Indian Army and has been greatly influenced by Swami Vivekanada, Ghandiji and Acharya Vinobha B put on. He is especially recognized for h is share to the development of Ralegan Siddhi, a resolution in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra. after volunteer retirement from the army, Hazare came to Ralegan Siddhivillage in 1975. Initially, he led a style to eradicate alcoholism from the village.Next, he motivated the residents of the village intoshramdan (voluntary labour) to build canals, minor(ip) check-dams and percolation tanks in the nearby hills for basinful development efforts that solved the problem of scarcity of water in the village that also made irrigation possible. He helped farmers of more than than 70 villages in drought-prone region in the kingdom of Maharashtra since 1975. He also motivated the residents of the village to build a secondary civilise in the village through voluntary labour. Lokpal Bill causal agentIn 2011, Anna Hazare led a dejection for passing a stronger anti- rottenness Lokpal (ombudsman) bill in the Indian Parliament. As a part of this movement, N. Santosh Hegde, a former justic e of the peremptory Court of India and Lokayukta of Karnataka, Prashant Bhushan, a ripened lawyer in the Supreme Court along with the members of the India Against defileion movement drafted an alternate bill, named as the Jan Lokpal Bill (Peoples Ombudsman Bill) with more stringent provisions and wider power to theLokpal(Ombudsman).Hazare has started a fast up to cobblers last from 5 April 2011 at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, to sign for the demand to form a part committee of the representatives of the Government and the civil comp some(prenominal) to draft a new bill with more stronger penal exploits and more independenceto theLokpalandLokayuktas (Ombudsmen in the nations), after his demand was rejected by the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh. The movement attracted aid very quickly through non-homogeneous media.It has been reported that thousands of people joined to backup man Hazares effort. Almost 150 people are reported to join Hazare in his fast. He said that he would not allow each politician to sit with him in this movement. M whatsoever(prenominal) social activists including Medha Patkar,Arvind Kejriwal and former IPS officeholder Kiran Bedi consider lent their reliever to Hazares hunger dissemble and anti- frustrateion campaign. This movement has also been joined by umpteen people providing their support in meshwork social media such as peep and facebook.In addition to spiritual leading Swami Ramdev,Swami Agnivesh and former Indian cricketer Kapil Dev, m all bollywood celebrities worry Shekhar Kapur, Siddharth Narayan, Anupam Kher, Madhur Bhandarkar, Pritish Nandy, Priyanka Chopra, Prakash Raj,Aamir Khan, Chetan Bhagat showed their public support through twitter. As an outcome of this movement, on 6 April, 2011 Sharad Pawar resigned from the comp either of ministersformed for reviewing the draft Lokpal bill 2010.Anna Hazare started his degraded until Death at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, stating I testament fast until Jan Lokp al Bill is passed The movement gathered quite a meaning(a) amount of support from Indias youthfulness visible through the local support and on social nedeucerking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Differences surrounded by Governments Lokpal and Jan Lokpal Bill Lokpal Bill ->Government go out not pee any power ->To start out act suo motu in any eggshell ->To throw complaints of putrescence from public ->To study an fir ->Police powers >To check into any plate against PM in foreign affairs, security measure and defence ->To jurisdiction over bureaucrats and regimen officers Jan Lokpal Bill 2011 ->The Jan Lokpal Bill will contain power ->To initiate investigations suo motu in any case ->To complaints from the public ->To initiate prosecution after completion of investigations ->Police powers ->To register fir, proceed with criminal investigations and launch prosecution ->To jurisdiction over politicians, officials and even judges ->To m erge the entire vigilance machinery into Lokpal juvenile Updates about Jan Lokpal Bill Once again, Anna Hazare has proclaimed to fast unto death at Jantar Mantar from dire 16 if the political science doesnt pass the Jan Lokpal Bill. It will be the second contend of independence for him. He suggests his followers to favor the path of non-violence. About Jan Lokpal Bill The Jan Lokpal Bill 2011 is a draft anti-corruption bill. The bill is drafted by Justice Santosh Hegde (former Supreme Court stress and present Lokayukta of Karnataka), Prashant Bhushan (Supreme Court Lawyer) and Arvind Kejriwal (RTI activist).The draft Bill predicts a system where a corrupt person would go to jail within two years if he found censurable. It seeks power to prosecute politicians and bureaucrats without authorities permission. Features of Jan Lokpal Bill 1. An institution called LOKPAL at the centre and LOKAYUKTA in each state will be set up 2. Like Supreme Court and Election Commission, they wil l be alone independent of the organisations. No minister or bureaucrat will be able to influence their investigations. 3.Cases against corrupt people will not linger on for years anymore Investigations in any case will dumbfound to be completed in one year. discharge should be completed in close one year so that the corrupt politician, officer or judge is sent to jail within two years. 4. The harm that a corrupt person caused to the regimen will be recovered at the time of conviction. 5. How will it help a common citizen If any work of any citizen is not done in electropositive time in any government office, Lokpal will impose financial penalty on inculpatory officers, which will be given as compensation to the complainant. . So, you could glide path Lokpal if your ration card or walk or voter card is not being made or if police is not registering your case or any other work is not being done in prescribed time. Lokpal will have to part it done in a months time. You cou ld also report any case of corruption to Lokpal like ration being siphoned off, unworthy quality roads been constructed or panchayet funds being siphoned off. Lokpal will have to complete its investigations in a year, streak will be over in next one year and the guilty will go to jail within two years. 7.But wont the government appoint corrupt and weak people as Lokpal members? That wont be possible because its members will be selected by judges, citizens and constitutional authorities and not by politicians, through a completely transparent and participatory process. 8. What if some officer in Lokpal becomes corrupt? The entire function of Lokpal/ Lokayukta will be completely transparent. all complaint against any officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and the officer dismissed within two months. 9. What will happen to existing anti-corruption agencies?CVC, departmental vigilance and anti-corruption branch of CBI will be unified into Lokpal. Lokpal will have complete powers and machinery to independently investigate and prosecute any officer, judge or politician. 10. It will be the duty of the Lokpal to provide protection to those who are being victimized for raising their articulatio against corruption. To summarise, we can say, it will give more power to RTI act, corruption will be tackled and dealt with quickly, whistle blowers will (most likely) also pull out some protection for raising their voice against corruption.What is the need of Lokpal Bill in our gild? Do you speak out Lokpal Bill is genuinely needed in our society to settle an ideal state? Government has already CVC, departmental vigilance and anti-corruption branch of CBI to wear corruption. What would be moral line of Lokpal Bill? Why a person will not be corrupt where bills is everything? How an anti-corrupt society or state will fulfill the canonical needs of people? Can a capitalist state be anti-corrupt which motive is nothing besides if profit? How a profit orientated society can serve basic need of people?How the difference among rich and poor will be filled? Government has already unfastened the power of STATE demolishing strike of Ram Dev Baba at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi. We have seen the monopoly of Indian government in aggregate budget 2011 also. In this context, people should think about the future of Lokpal Bill. Jan Lokpal Bill will improve existing anti-corruption systems. Existing scheme System Proposed by civil society No politician or senior officer ever goes to jail disrespect huge evidencebecause Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) and CBI directly come under(a) the government.Before starting investigation or initiating prosecution in any case, they have to take permission from the same bosses, against whom the case has to be investigated. Lokpal at centre and Lokayukta at state level will be independent bodies. ACB and CBI will be co-ordinated into these bodies. They will have power to initiate investigations and prosecution agai nst any officer or politician without needing anyones permission. Investigation should be completed within 1 year and trial to get over in next 1 year. Within two years, the corrupt should go to jail. No corrupt officer is dismissed from the jobbecause Central watchfulness Commission, which is supposed to dismiss corrupt officers, is only an advisory body. Whenever it advises government to dismiss any senior corrupt officer, its advice is never implemented. Lokpal and Lokayukta will havecomplete powers to order dismissal of a corrupt officer. CVC and all departmental vigilance will be merged into Lokpal and state vigilance will be merged into Lokayukta. No action is interpreted against corrupt judgesbecause permission is required from the headman Justice of India to even register an FIR against corrupt judges. Lokpal & Lokayukta shall havepowers to investigate and prosecute any judgewithout needing anyones permission. Nowhere to go People key corruption but no action is t aken on their complaints. Lokpal & Lokayukta will have toenquire into and hear every complaint. There is so much corruption within CBI and vigilance departments. Their functioning is so secret that it encourages corruption within these agencies. completely investigations in Lokpal & Lokayukta shall be transparent. After completion of investigation, all case records shall be open to public.Complaint against any faculty of Lokpal & Lokayukta shall be enquired and punishment inform within two months. Weak and corrupt people are appointed as headsof anti-corruption agencies. Politicians will have absolutely no say in selectionsof Chairperson and members of Lokpal & Lokayukta. Selections will take place through a transparent and public participatory process. Citizens face harassmentin government offices. Sometimes they are forced to generate bribes. One can only complaint to senior officers. No action is taken on complaints because senior officers also get their cut . Lokpal & Lokayukta will getpublic grievances resolved in time skip over manner, impose a penalty of Rs 250 per mean solar day of delay to be deducted from the salary of guilty officer and award that amount as compensation to the aggrieved citizen. Nothing in law to recover ill gotten wealth. A corrupt person can come out of jail and enjoy that money. Losscaused to the government due to corruptionwill be recoveredfrom all accused. Small punishment for corruption-Punishment for corruption is minimum 6 months and supreme 7 years. Enhanced punishment The punishment would be minimum 5 years and maximum of life imprisonment.