Today’s judgment in Sachchidanand Gupta “Sachchey” vs State of UP through Chief Secretary and Others showed that the chief justice of the Allahabad high court had also opposed Justice Sanjay Misra’s name, which was proposed by the chief minister.

The Supreme Court appointed ex-Allahabad high court judge Sanjay Mishra as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh, reported Mint , after the court had ordered ex-judge Virendra Singh to take up the post in December but admitting that the state government had not shared with the about reservations about the inte...

Former Delhi high court judge Justice Reva Khetrapal took oath as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on Thursday. Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung administered the oath at a function where Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was also. Khetarpal will serve a five-year term. The post has remained vacant since Novemb...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday appointed Justice Virendra Singh, - former judge of the Allahabad high court - as the Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh and expressed its disapproval of the way constitutional authorities mandated to appoint the ombudsman failed to discharge their responsibilities. Noting tha...

The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for not appointing a Lokayukta despite its earlier order, and observed that all those involved in the appointment process had their own agenda. Apparently displeased over the way the issue of the appointment was being dragged on, a ben...

Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala on Monday gave consent to the state Lokayukta Amendment Bill 2015, paving the way for the removal of a ‘tainted’ ombudsman through lawmakers and judicial probe . “The Karnataka Lokayukta amendment bill has been enacted into law with the governor’s consent and the ame...

Sleuths of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) today arrested Ashwin Rao, son of Karnataka Lokayukta Justice V Bhaskar Rao, for allegedly seeking Rs.1-crore bribe from a state executive engineer. “A SIT team led by our Superintendent of Police Laburam nabbed Ashwin Rao at Aurangabad in Marathwada r...

Four members of civil society, represented by Supreme Court advocate KV Dhananjay, have filed a writ petition in the Karnataka high court praying that a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation be started against the Lokayukta of Karnataka, Y Bhaskar Rao and his son Ashwin Y Rao, who are being investigated for corruption charges by the Lokayukta’s internal police force.

The Karnataka high court on Wednesday stayed an inquiry being conducted by the state Lokayukta’s police into the bribe charge against some of its unidentified officials. Passing an interim order against the internal probe, a division bench of the high court comprising Justice N Kumar and Justice B S...

Gujarat gets fourth Lokayukta after decade Gujarat finally has a Lokayukta in retired Gujarat HC judge DP Buch after 10 years of the seat lying vacant and three years of a feud over the issue between state chief minister Narendra Modi and the governor [ PTI ] Constitutional status for JAC The Judici...

Android friendly SCI: The Supreme Court of India has released an Android smartphone app to view a replica of the Supreme’s Court’s case display board. The display board in the SC indicates the item numbers of matters being heard across all courtrooms at any given point of time. It’s pretty basic, bu...

Gujarat HC upholds constitutionality of Lokayukta appointment by governor, dismissing state government’s plea opposing governor Kamla Beniwal. Modi government to approach apex court [ Indian Express ] Ministry of defence today filed caveat in SC against ex-army chief’s writ contesting the ministry’s...