JAN LOKPAL BILL
INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION
INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION
What is Jan Lok Pal Bill ?
Jan Lokpal Bill is an anti-corruption bill draft suggested by some prominent civil society activists to push the Government of India to appoint a Jan Lokpal with severe powers to investigate corruption cases against any individual with speedy trial and conviction as well. The panel that suggested the Jan Lokpal includes:
- Anna Hazare
- Arvind Kezriwal
- Shanti Bhusan
- Prashant Bhushan
- Kiran Bedi
- Swami Agnivesh
- Justice Santosh Hegde (Lokayukta of Karnataka)
Jan Lokpal is movement against the Government’s proposed anti corruption bill called Lokpal. Thinking Lokpal as nothing but a toothless tiger, these social activists proposed the profarma of the Jan Lokpal in the guidance of the Lokayukta of Karnatka Justice Santosh Hegde.
Flaws at Lokpal
Indian Government led Lok pal bill was certainly a mimic to the law itself with no strict law enforce regime for the administrators, politicians, judges and law makers. Let’s get an idea about the bottlenecks that Lokpal puppet has:
1. ACB and CBI come under branch so no assurance of unbiased investigation and conviction.
2. CBI needs to seek permission from those people against whom the case is to be instigated.
3. Lokpal suggests Central Vigilance Commission as an advisory body so no corrupt officer could ever be dismissed as government may consider it as a suggestion.
4. Lok pal has no powers to take action against the corrupt judges since only CJI may allow to even registering an FIR against corrupt judges.
5. CVC and CBI are the secret bodies thus larger scope of ambiguities and corruption
When Jan Lok pal Steals the Show
In order to add more substance to the political system and to ensure decentralization of power, Jan Lokpal moves ahead with a number of credible suggestions that make it a sharper ever weapon against corruption in India and Indian system. Let’s know what it says:
1. Setting up of LOKPAL in the centre and LOKAYUKTA in every state and put it entirely independent of the governments like Supreme Court and the Election Commission.
2. Maximum trial period of a case is one year and 2 years is the maximum time frame to ensure the conviction.
3. The loss that government incurs due to the convict will be recovered at the time of conviction.
4. Lokpal will impose financial penalty on officers if pending task of a person is not done by the government offices in the maximum time frame.
5. Since the Lokpal officials will be chosen by judges, citizens and constitutional authorities with a completely transparent process no threat of a corrupt Lok pal official may ever happen.
6. Any complaint against any officer of Lokpal will be investigated on urgent basis and that officer will be dismissed within two months of time frame.
7. The punishment for the corruption would be minimum for 5 years and maximum of life imprisonment.
8. Lokpal engulfs all the powers of CVC, departmental vigilance and anti-corruption branch of CBI. It offers it power to independently investigate and prosecute officers, judge or politician against any corruption charges.
We all Proud Indians should Support Jan lokpal Bill , Anna Hazare and his noble cause. Indian Government should introduce this bill as soon as possible in the Parliament.