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The Lokpal Bill, 2011

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The Lokpal Bill, 2011, also referred to as The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011, is a proposed anti-corruption law in India which "seeks to provide for the establishment of the institution of Lokpal to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and for matters connecting them". The bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha on 22 December 2011 and was passed by the house on 27 December 2011 as The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011. The bill was subsequently tabled in the Rajya Sabha on 29 December 2011. After a marathon debate that stretched until midnight of the following day, the vote failed to take place for lack of time.[11] On 21 May 2012, the bill was referred to a Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha for consideration. The bill was introduced in parliament following massive public protests led by anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and his associates.[12] The bill is one of the most widely discussed and debated bills in India, both by the media and the People of India at large, in recent times.[13] The protests were named among the "Top 10 News Stories of 2011" by the magazine Time.[14][15] The bill received worldwide media coverage.[16][17][18] Corruption is an emotional issue in India, where at least 12 whistle-blowers were killed and 40 assaulted after seeking information under a new Right to Information Act aimed at exposing local graft, according to data compiled by Bloomberg L.P. from January 2010 through mid-October 2011. Enacted by Singh six years ago, the legislation became the most powerful tool for fighting wrongdoing in politics and business, with 529,000 requests filed in the year through March.[19] In 2011, India ranked 95th in the Corruption Perceptions Index of Transparency International. A recent survey estimated that corruption in India had cost billions of dollars and threatened to derail growth.[20][21][22] India lost a staggering $462 billion in illicit financial flows due to tax evasion, crime and corruption postIndependence, according to a report released by Washington-based Global Financial Integrity.[23]
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The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011

A Government of India Bill, 2011 Preamble: A bill to provide for the establishment of a body of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayukta for States to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. [1] Title: The Lokpal Bill, 2011 (Lok Sabha)[2] The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 (Rajya Sabha)[3] Bill No: 134-C of 2011 (Lok Sabha)
Legislative history

History:

Introduced in Lok Sabha on 4 August 2011. [4] Referred to The Parliament's Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice on 8 August 2011. [5] Re-introduced in Lok Sabha on 22 December 2011. [6] Passed by Lok Sabha on 27 December 2011. [7] Introduced in Rajya Sabha on 29 December 2011. [8] Re-introduced in Rajya Sabha on 21 May
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2012. [9]

Contents
1 Background 2 History 2.1 2010 2.2 Joint draft bill 2.2.1 First draft meeting 2.2.2 Second draft meeting 2.2.3 Third draft meeting 2.2.4 Fourth draft meeting 2.2.5 Fifth draft meeting 2.2.6 Sixth draft meeting 2.2.7 Seventh draft meeting 2.2.8 Eight and Ninth draft meetings 2.3 Union Cabinet approved bill 2.4 Standing Committee bill 3 Journey through The Lok Sabha 4 Journey through The Rajya Sabha 4.1 Winter session, 2011 4.2 Budget session, 2012 4.3 Monsoon session, 2012 5 See also 6 Notes 7 Further reading 8 References 9 External links

Referred to The Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on 21 May 2012. [10]

Background
The term Lokpal was coined in 1963 by Laxmi Mall Singhvi, a Member of Parliament during a parliamentary debate about grievance mechanisms.[24] The Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) headed by Morarji Desai submitted an interim report on "Problems of Redressal of Citizen's Grievances" in 1966. In this report, ARC recommended the creation of two special authorities designated as 'Lokpal' and 'Lokayukta' for redress of citizens' grievances. The word was derived from the Sanskrit words "Lok" (people) and "Pala" (protector/caretaker), meaning 'Caretaker of People'.[25] Maharashtra was the first state to introduce Lokayukta through The Maharashtra Lokayukta and UpaLokayuktas Act in 1971.[26][27] Presently, there are no Lokayuktas in the states of Andra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and West Bengal.

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The Lokpal bill, first introduced in the Lok Sabha in 1968, was not enacted, lapsing after the fourth Lok Sabha session dissolved. The Lokpal bill was later introduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2008 and finally in 2010. Seven later attempts also lapsed, while one was withdrawn.[28][29] Forty-four years after it was first introduced, and at least nine versions of the Lokpal bill later, Parliament has yet to reach consensus.[30][31] The bill is an implementation of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.[32] Eleven parliamentary panels have been formed to discuss the Lokpal bill.[33] Recurring cost of lokpal over the years [34] Cost of lokpal (recurring) Status of bill Rs. 3 lakh Rs. 20 lakh Rs. 25 lakh Rs. 25 lakh Rs. 35 lakh Rs. 1 crore The Fourth Lok Sabha dissolved before the bill could be passed by the Rajya Sabha. The bill lapsed. This bill lapsed on dissolution of the Fifth Lok Sabha. The Sixth Lok Sabha dissolved just before the recommendations of the Joint Select Committee could be considered. This bill was withdrawn by the government. This bill lapsed on dissolution of the Ninth Lok Sabha. The Standing Committee presented its report to Parliament on 9 May 1996. However, the Lok Sabha was dissolved before government could finalize its stand. The Twelfth Lok Sabha was dissolved before government could take a view on the recommendations made by The Parliamentary Standing Committee. The Lok Sabha was dissolved. Hence, the bill lapsed. Passed by the Lok Sabha and has been referred to a Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha for consideration.

Year 1968 1971 1977 1985 1989 1996

1998 2001

Rs. 1 crore Rs. 1.5 crore

The Government's version of 2011/2012 Lokpal does not have any financial memorandum.

History
2010
The 2010 draft[35] was created by the United Progressive Alliance to create an Ombudsman tasked with tackling political corruption.[36] The draft was circulated to various ministries for their review. It provided a mechanism for filing complaints against the prime minister, ministers and MPs.[37] However, civil society groups were not and rejected it as a toothless body with only recommendatory powers.[38][39] Hazare started an indefinite hunger strike on 5 April 2011 to pressure the government to create an ombudsman with the power to deal with corruption in public places as envisaged in the Jan Lokpal Bill. The fast led to nation-wide protests in support. The fast ended on 9 April, one day after the government accepted his demands.[40] The government issued a gazette notification on the formation of a joint committee, consisting of government and civil society representatives, to draft the legislation.[41]
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Joint draft bill

A Joint Drafting Committee was established, consisting of five ministers and five members of the civil society. The ten members were:

Anna Hazare's hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi

Member Name Pranab Mukherjee P. Chidambaram M. Veerappa Moily Kapil Sibal Salman Khursheed Anna Hazare N. Santosh Hegde Prashant Bhushan president Union Minister of Home Affairs Union Minister of Law and Justice

Party

Union Minister of Human Resource and Development and Minister of Communication and Information Technology Union Minister of Water Resources and Minister of Minority Affairs Civil Society Civil Society

Shanti Bhushan Civil Society Civil Society

Arvind Kejriwal Civil Society The chairperson of the Joint Drafting Committee was Pranab Mukherjee. The Committee set 30 June 2011 as the deadline to complete the drafting process.[42][43] First draft meeting
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All of the Joint Draft meetings took place at the North Block

The Committee first met on 16 April in the North Block and lasted for about ninety minutes.[44] Team Anna presented their version of the bill with a slight modification relating to the selection panel to choose the Lokpal and its members. Under the revised proposal, the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha were replaced with the Rajya Sabha Chairman and the Lok Sabha Speaker. The meeting was allegedly recorded and the Committee claimed that decisions would be made available to the general public. HRD Minister and Committee member Kapil Sibal, said that both the sides were keen that the new Bill should be introduced in the Monsoon session, which would begin early July.[45][46]

Second draft meeting The Committee met as planned on 2 May. The meeting was termed "very good" and with "no difference of opinion" between the panel members.[47] Sibal said that the meeting discussed the document presented previously by the civil society members. Prashant Bhushan said: The meeting was mainly to discuss the basic principles behind the Jan Lokpal Bill. The discussion was on essential features, objects and reasons of the bill which have been prepared according to the main provisions of the UN Convention against Corruption. All signatories of the United Nations Convention against Corruption have to pass this kind of law.[48]
[49] In May 2011,

the Indian Government had ratified two UN Conventions - the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC) and its three protocols.[50][51] Third draft meeting At the third meeting on 7 May, both parties agreed that the new authority should be independent and have a transparent appointment process. The two sides agreed to grant the Lokpal the power to initiate investigation and prosecution.[52] After the meeting Bhushan said that it was decided that Lokpal would be independent of the government and have full powers on recruitment. He said: Lokpal will have powers to initiate investigation and prosecution and will not need permission from the government. The model on which the financial independence will be based is yet to be decided. Various models were discussed, including from other countries and of institutions like the Supreme Court, the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Central Vigilance Commission. Sibal said the meeting was 'exceptionally constructive' and added: The approach was very constructive. There were areas of broad agreement, including the process of appointment of Lokpal which should be transparent.[53] Another group of civil society members led by Aruna Roy and Harsh Mander working for a strong Lokpal Bill, upped its ante against Team Anna. Under the banner of the "National Campaign for Peoples Right to Information" (NCPRI)[54] they claimed that Annas diktat could be dangerous and that the governments functioning could not
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be handled by one group.[55][56] Fourth draft meeting The 23 May meeting lasted over three hours and the two sides agreed "in-principle" on half of the 40 basic principles for the anti-graft Lokpal bill proposed by the civil society members.[57][58][59] Fifth draft meeting At the 30 May meeting the chairman made it clear during the discussion that the matters pertaining to the exclusion of Prime Minister, Judiciary would be a part of the discussions on the scope of the Lokpal. The Chairman of the Panel announced that the conduct of the MPs' inside Parliament would remain outside its remit of the Lokpal to comply with [Article 105(2)] of the Constitution and that the views of the State and the political parties would be discussed with the civil society members.[60] These announcements created a stalemate between the Committee's two halves.[61] Sixth draft meeting Team Anna boycotted the 6 June meeting, alleging that the police Kapil Sibal, member of the Joint crackdown on Baba Ramdev had "strengthened the doubts" about the Drafting Committee of Lokpal governments intentions and demanded that the next meeting be rescheduled because of Hazare's other commitments.[62] Shanti Bhushan produced a letter that was read by the Chair "indicating their inability to attend the meeting" and "that what happened at the Ramlila ground had nothing to do with the proceedings of the Joint Drafting Committee". The Chairman suggested that the drafting should be the focus. Post meeting, the draft was to be circulated to the other political parties for their consideration. They rescheduled the seventh meeting to 15 June.[63][64] Seventh draft meeting The two hours event took place on 15 June, with out agreement on several issues. Both sides furnished versions to the Union Cabinet for consideration.[65] Team Anna blamed the government for not being serious, claiming "The government is planning to kill Lokpal before its born".[66] The civil society members suggested that the Lokpal be empowered to probe corruption cases in instead of the departmental probes and CBI inquiries of the prior approach. The government rejected the idea. Chief ministers of several BJP-ruled states expressed surprise that they were being consulted before the final draft was ready. Chief ministers of Congress-ruled states backed the Centres stand and opposed bringing the prime minister under the Lokpals ambit. BJP-ruled states sought wider deliberations. Opposition parties demanded to comment on the whole bill rather than on the six contentious issues.[67] Anna Team demanded that the audio of the proceedings be made available to them. Hazare threatened to resume an indefinite fast if the bill was not passed by 15 August.[68][69] Eight and Ninth draft meetings

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The Committee met again on 20 June and 21 June. The final meeting ended in failure after which Hazare announced that he would begin fasting on 16 August, to "teach the government a lesson".[70] The government rejected the creation of a parallel structure which would be "answerable to nobody". It further ruled out scrutiny of Prime Minister, higher judiciary and the conduct of MPs in Parliament. The government conferred several critical powers including quasi-judicial status to Lokpal along with powers to attach assets, including independent prosecution and investigation machinery with full police powers.[71][72][73] The last two meetings were cordial and both sides "agreed to disagree". Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said that the mandate of the committee was to prepare a lokpal bill and not to rewrite the Constitution. Hazare stated: The government has no intention to bring a strong lokpal bill. It is misleading the people.[74] Now, there is no option but to go on fast from 16 August 2011 as announced earlier.[75][76] Comparison of Draft Lokpal Bill with the Jan Lokpal Bill[77] Issues Draft Lokpal Bill, 2011 (government representatives) Draft Jan Lokpal Bill, 2011 (nominees of Anna Hazare)

Chairperson and 10 members (at least 4 Chairperson and 10 members (at least 4 judicial members with legal background). The Composition members) Chairperson to have extensive knowledge of law. Tenure Five years or till he is 70 years Five years or till he is 70 years Manner of Presidential appointment on the recommendation Presidential appointment on the recommendation appointment of the selection committee. of the selection committee. Prime Minister, Speaker, Leader of the House of which PM is not member, Minister of Home Affairs, Leader of the Opposition in both Houses, judge of Supreme Court, Chief Justice of a High Court, President of National Academy of Science, Cabinet Secretary (secretary of committee). Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, 2 judges of the Supreme Court, 2 chief justices of a high court, the Chief Election Commission, the CAG, and all previous chairpersons of the Lokpal. The members shall be selected from a list prepared by the Search Committee (10 members including civil society representatives).

Committee membership

A judicial member should have held judicial Impeccable integrity with at least 25 years of office for at least 10 years or been an advocate experience in public affairs, academics, of the High Court or Supreme Court for at least commerce, finance etc. Once appointed, cannot 15 years. All members should be of impeccable be an MP, MLA or be connected with a political integrity with record of public service especially Qualification party, business or practice a profession. A in the field of corruption. Must be a citizen of judicial member has to be either a Chief Justice India at least 45 years old. Must have no case of the High Court or a judge of the Supreme involving moral turpitude framed against him by a Court. court. Cannot have been a government servant within the last 2 years. The President removes members on the Complaint against members are made to the recommendation of the Supreme Court made President who may refer it to the Supreme Court within 3 months of a complaint. Grounds for who will conduct an inquiry. The President may removal: misbehavior, infirmity, insolvency, paid
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The Lokpal Bill, 2011 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia who will conduct an inquiry. The President may removal: misbehavior, infirmity, insolvency, paid remove the member, on the opinion of the Chief employment outside the office. An Independent Justice, on grounds of bias, corruption, Complaints Authority at the state level inquires insolvency, paid employment or infirmity. into complaints against Lokpal staff.

Jurisdiction

All corruption cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. It covers MPs, Ministers, Group A officers, Group A officers in a company or body owned by the government, any officer of a government-financed society or trust or funded by Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 or that gets funds from the public. Excludes PM, judiciary and any action of an MP in the Parliament or Committee.

Offences by a public servant, including government employees, judges, MPs, Ministers, and the Prime Minister under the Indian Penal Code and the 1988 Corruption Act. Any offence committed by an MP in respect of a speech or vote in the House; willfully giving or taking benefit from a person. Victimizing a whistleblower or witness. When investigating corruption cases, the CBI works under the Lokpal. Investigation of the Prime Minister, Ministers, MPs and judges of the Supreme Court or High Courts require the permission of a 7-member bench of the Lokpal. Investigations can last 6 to 18 months. Investigation of whistleblower complaints who are in danger of victimization, must be completed within 3 months.

Lokpal must conduct a preliminary inquiry within 30 days. If there is no prima facie case, the matter is closed. Given a prima facie case, Lokpal investigates after providing a suitable forum to the accused. The investigation must be Investigation completed within six months with an optional six month extension after giving reasons in writing. No sanction shall be required by the Lokpal to investigate any complaint against a public servant. The Lokpal may constitute a prosecution wing headed by a director who files cases in the Special Court (to be constituted by the central government on recommendation of the Lokpal). Trials must complete within one year, which may be extended to two years for reasons given in writing. No sanction is required to file a case against a public servant. The Lokpal files cases in the Special Court and sends a copy of the report to the competent authority. Procedure for persons other than MPs and ministers : The competent authority is the Minister for officers of government bodies and the society head for officers of societies. The Lokpal recommends disciplinary proceedings to the competent authority and provides a copy of the report to the accused. The competent authority must take action within 30 days and inform the Lokpal within 6 months of initiating disciplinary proceedings. Procedure for MPs and ministers : The
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The CBIs prosecution wing moves under Lokpal. After an investigation is completed, the Lokpal may either initiate prosecution against the accused or impose penalty or both. The Lokpal can initiate prosecution in the Special Court formed under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Lokpal shall appoint retired judges or retired civil servants as judicial officers. A bench of judicial officers can impose a penalty on a public servant after conducting an inquiry. The decision shall be subject to approval from a higher authority to be prescribed. Prosecution can be initiated against the Prime Minister, Ministers, MPs and judge of the Supreme Court or High Courts only with permission of a 7-member bench of the Lokpal. If the Lokpal grants permission to investigate or
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Penalty

For any act of corruption, the penalty shall be from six months to life imprisonment. If the beneficiary for an offence is a business entity, a fine of up to five times the loss caused to the Any person making false and frivolous or public shall be recovered. If a company director vexatious complaints shall be penalized with 2 to is convicted, the company shall be blacklisted 5 years of jail and fine of Rs 25,000 to Rs 2 from any government contract. Convicted public lakh. servants are removed from office. Persons making a false complaint, are fined up to Rs 1 lakh. False complaints against a member of the Lokpal may result in 3 months imprisonment. Paid by Consolidated Fund of India. The budget of the Lokpal should not be less than 0.25 percent of total government revenue. No sanction required from government to incur expenditure. The CAG audits Lokpal and a Parliamentary Committee evaluates Lokpal operations. The Lokpal can receive complaints from whistleblowers, issue search warrants, attach property, recommend cancellation/modification of a lease or license or blacklist a company. If recommendation of Lokpal is not accepted it can approach the High Court. A bench of the Lokpal can approve interception and monitoring of messages transmitted through telephone or internet.

Funding

Paid by Consolidated Fund of India.

Other powers

The Lokpal can search and seize documents, attach property for 90 days, file for confirming the attachment within 30 days, and recommend suspension of the accused.

Union Cabinet approved bill

The government moved its version of the bill[1] in the Lok Sabha on 4 August, the ninth such introduction. The bill was introduced by the Minister of State in the Prime Ministers Office, V Narayanasamy. Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj opposed the exclusion of the prime minister from the purview of the proposed Lokpal. V Narayanasamy told the House that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in favour of bringing his office under the purview of the Lokpal, but the Cabinet rejected the idea after deliberation.[78] Anna Hazare burnt copies of the bill, to protest the governments lack of sincerity.[29][79]

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The bill was referred to the Parliament's Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice on 8 August. The committee was headed by Congress Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi. The committee of 31 members from across parties, was given three months to submit its report.[80] On 27 August the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passed a Pranab Mukherjee-proposed resolution conveying the sense of the House on the Lokpal Bill.[81] The House agreed in principle' on a Citizen's Charter, placing the lower bureaucracy under the Lokpal and establishing the Lokayukta in the States.[82] A group of 14 eminent citizens (G14) authored an open letter. The group included Wipro chairman Azim Premji, HDFC Bank's former chair Deepak Parekh, ICICI Bank's non-executive chair N Vaghul, industrialists Keshub Mahindra, Jamshyd Godrej and Anu Aga (also a member of the Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council), former Hindustan Lever chair and now Member of Parliament Ashok Ganguly, former RBI governors M Narasimham and Bimal Jalan (now a Rajya Sabha member), Justices B. N. Srikrishna and Sam Variava, architect of key Sebi and RBI regulations Yezdi Malegam, member of the PM's Economic Advisory Council A. Vaidyanathan, and banker-turned-social worker Nachiket Mor The letter supported the "need for the urgent passage of a well-crafted Lokpal Bill by Parliament". Implicitly throwing its weight behind a strong Lokpal, the group said: August 27, 2011, marked a high point by the historic debate leading to the 'Sense of the House' in Parliament on the Lokpal Bill. The event reinforced the inviolable primacy of the Indian Constitution. It was also an event of relief and reassurance to the vast and silent majority who constitute India's core civil society.[83]

Standing Committee bill

The 31-member committee consisted of 25 MPs belonging to 22 political parties with 6 seats vacant, as follows:[84]

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Member Name Chandresh Kumari N.S.V. Chitthan Deepa Dashmunsi Manish Tewari P.T. Thomas (Idukki) Meenakshi Natrajan

Party Congress Congress Congress Congress Congress Congress

Member Of Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Lok Sabha

Abhishek Manu Singhvi Congress

Prabha Kishore Taviad Congress

Balavant alias Bal Apte BJP D.B. Chandre Gowda BJP Harin Pathak Jyoti Dhurve Devji M Patel Parimal Nathwani Amar Singh Kirodi Lal Meena Ram Jethmalani Ram Vilas Paswan O.T. Lepcha Lalu Prasad Shailendra Kumar Monazir Hassan S. Semmalai Vijay Bahadur Singh R. Thamaraiselvan BJP BJP BJP Independent Independent Independent LJSP SDF RJD SP JD(U) AIADMK BSP DMK

Nominated Member Rajya Sabha

The Jan Lokpal Bill was submitted to the committee by Congress MP from Bareilly Praveen Singh Aron.[85] The draft bill was distributed to members on 28 November. The committee recommended keeping judiciary and MPs' out of the Lokpal's purview and rejected the demand to move the prosecution wing of CBI under its jurisdiction. Committee members had unanimously recommended conferring constitutional status on the Lokpal and setting up of Lokpal and Lokayuktas in states under one bill. The draft document did not take a position on the inclusion of prime minister. Another of Team Anna's demands for inclusion of entire bureaucracy was turned down, given that the draft favoured inclusion of Group A and B officials, leaving out C and D staff.[86][87] Anna Hazare rejected this draft.[88][89][90]

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At the final meeting on 7 December they decided to bring Group C and D officers under the ambit of state Lokayuktas.[91] 16 dissent notes were submitted at the meeting by members from BJP, BJD, SP, Congress, RJD and the Left.[92] Three Congress members, P T Thomas, Deepa Dasmunsi and Meenakshi Natarajan, submitting notes of dissent, demanded the inclusion of lower bureaucracy and the Central Vigilance Commission. RSP's Prashant Kumar Majumdar wanted the PM included in all circumstances whlie the Left, BJP and BJD felt that the PM should be included with safeguards. Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party demanded that the PM be excluded completely. The report recommended reservation for scheduled castes (SC), scheduled tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) women and minorities on the search and the selection committee. In their dissent, members from SP, RJD and LJP demanded reservation in Lokpal for SCs, STs, OBCs, women and minorities. SP member Shailendra Kumar, on the issue of reservation, said "Reservation in search committee is not enough. Its role will end once a Lokpal is selected." RJD chief Lalu Prasad opposed granting constitutional status to Lokpal. Seven BJP members demanded inclusion of the PM with some safeguards, inclusion of lower bureaucracy and making citizens' charter and grievance redressal mechanism a part of Lokpal. The report established a five-phase mechanism for investigation of corruption complaints. It also suggested setting up a directorate of prosecution.The final draft report left the issue of inclusion of the PM in the Lokpal's ambit to the "good sense" of the House.[93][94] Anna Hazare again threatened to fast, beginning 27 December.[95]

Journey through The Lok Sabha

The Lokpal was tabled in the Lok Sabha on 22 December 2011[96] and passed by voice voting on the first day of the three day extended session of the Winter session of the Lok Sabha, on 27 December 2011, after a marathon debate that lasted over 10 hours.[97] The lokpal body was not given the constitutional status as the Constitutional Amendment Bill, which provided for making the Lokpal a constitutional body, was defeated in the house. The Prime Minister described this as "a bit of disappointment" and added: We have, however, fulfilled our objective of bringing these bills to Parliament as we had promised.[98] The bill passed by the house was termed as "useless" by Team Anna and held its view that there was no need of giving such a weak lokpal a constitutional status.[99] The government withdrew its previous version and had introduced a newer version of the bill. RJD leader Lalu Prasad, along with the support from the other parties like SP, AIMMM and LJP, demanded an inclusion of candidates from minorities in the nine member Lokpal Bench. The government gave in to the demands of parties.[100] The principal opposition party, the BJP, objected to it, classifying that such a move was illegal and asked the government to withdraw the bill.[97][101] BJD, JDU, RJD, SP, TDP and Left said the bill was weak and wanted it to be withdrawn.[96][102]

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The bill passed by the house deleted the provision that gave presiding officers the power to act against ministers and MPs, even before trial, but the exemption time of former MPs was increased from five to seven years.[103] It excluded armed forces and coast guard from the purview of the anti-graft body.[97] The lokpal would take complaints against the prime minister after the consent of two-thirds of the Lokpal panel. The consent of state governments is mandatory for the notification to set up Lokayuktas in the states, but the setting up of them in the states was made mandatory. The appointment panel is loaded in favour of the government. Mr Mukherjee also said, during the discussion in the house, that the government has agreed that the Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Justice of India will now be asked to select the chief of the CBI with the Prime Minister. The Lokpal Bill was passed under Article 252[a] of the constitution of India. Opposition parties objected to this saying that bill could be passed only by Article 253[b] as the law pertains to public services. The bill didn't relinquish administrative control of the CBI to the Lokpal. The BJP, Left, BSP and SP, all wanted the government should loosen its grip over the CBI. The rationale of such parties was that as long as the government decides the CBI's budget, and the postings and transfers of its officers, the agency is vulnerable to governmental influence. The Prime Minister, making it clear the government's stand on the issue of CBI: We believe that the CBI should function without interference through any Government diktat. But no institution and no individual, howsoever high he may be, should be free from accountability.[106] The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) abstained from voting on the amendment moved by Basudeb Acharia on bringing corporate houses and the act of the Prime Minister signing commercial agreements under the Lokpal. A number of amendments moved by Opposition to bring the media and NGOs receiving donations were also defeated. The Left, Samajwadi Party and BSP staged a walkout during voting of the bill, protesting that their demands were not being met. With a strength of 277 in the Lok Sabha, the UPA managed to obtain only 243 votes. At least 15 Congress members and close to a dozen belonging to UPA allies were not present at the time of voting. The house also secured the passage of the Whistleblowers Bill[107][108]

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Winter session, 2011
The ombudsman debate was taken up by The Rajya Sabha during the last day of the three day extension of the winter session of Parliament, but the body recessed on 29 December without voting.[109][110] The bill was debated for over 12 hours ending abruptly at midnight as the House ran out of scheduled time. The House was adjourned sine die by Chairman Hamid Ansari. A verbal duel marred proceedings as some members including UPA ally Trinamool Congress interrupted V. Narayanasamy's defence of the Bill and a lawmaker snatched papers from a minister and flung them across the chamber.[111] A vociferous opposition insisted on a vote while the government maintained it needed time to reconcile the 187 amendments/ Confusion marked the proceedings. Ansari asked for the national anthem Jana Gana Mana to be played, signalling the end of the proceedings and told the house:

Hamid Ansari, Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, adjourned the house sine die

This is an unprecedented situationthere appears to be a desire to outshout each other. There is a total impasse. The House cannot be conducted in the noise that requires orderly proceedings, I am afraid the Chair has no optionmost reluctantlyI am afraid I
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can't and After a 15-minute adjournment between 11.30 and 11.45 PM, Pawan Kumar Bansal said that the decision on extension of the House was the government's prerogative. Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley charged that the government was running away from Parliament and that the House should decide how long it should sit. He added: You are creating an institution where you control the appointment mechanism, where you control the removal mechanism. We will support the appointment of the Lokpal procedures, but we cannot be disloyal to our commitment to create an integrity institution.[109] Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M) said the House had expected the bill on Wednesday, but it came only on Thursday, the last day of the session. Derek OBrien, a Trinamool upper house lawmaker, stated that his party could not back the bill because it infringed on states autonomy. He said "This is a shameful day for Indias democracy. The government handled this situation very badly."[111] As the Opposition insisted on a vote, Bansal said the government was willing provided that the House passed the Bill voted by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. This meant that the proposed amendments would have to be set aside. As stalemate and wrangling continued, the Chairman called an end to the proceedings.[112][113] Chidambaram defended the deferment of Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2011 in Rajya Sabha on December 29 contending that it was the "only prudent course" before the government and that it had ensured that the Bill remained alive. He continued to attack the BJP and called the amendments an "ingenious" method to scuttle the bill.[114] Hazare called off his hunger strike prematurely, blaming poor health.[115]

Budget session, 2012

Activists pushing hoped that the House would approve the bill towards the end of the second half of the budget session of 2012. The bill was re-introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 21 May 2012.[116] While moving the bill, the minister said that the differences had been narrowed. He said that the government proposed to bring the lower bureaucracy under the Lokpal, which would have investigation and prosecution powers. CVC would monitor Lokpal-referred investigations by the CBI. There would be provisions for attaching properties and a time-frame for investigations. The government proposed that the Bill would be amended to give states the right to pass the bill in their own assemblies. So the national law would not be forced upon states. After the amended bill was introduced, Narayanasamy, Samajwadi Party member Naresh Agrawal sought to send the bill to a select committee. This was strongly objected to by BJP, the Left parties and BSP, with their members arguing that only the minister concerned (Narayanasamy) could do so and accusing the ruling coalition of "using the shoulder" of a "friendly opposition" party. After high drama the government yielded and Narayanasamy moved the motion, which immediately passed by voice vote. The 15-member select committee was to submit its report by the first day of the last week of the Monsoon Session.[117][118] The members of the panel proposed by the government were:[119]

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Member Name Shantaram Naik Shadi Lal Batra Arun Jaitley Rajiv Pratap Rudy Bhupendra Yadav KN Balagopal Shivanand Tiwari Tiruchi Shiva Satish Mishra D Bandyopadhyay Ramgopal Yadav DP Tripathi V Maitreyan AK Ganguly

Party Congress Congress BJP BJP BJP CPM JD-U DMK BSP Trinamool Congress SP NCP AIADMK Nominated

Satyavrat Chaturvedi Congress

The committee met on 25 June and decided on "wider consultations" with the government officials and the public.[120] The panel invited public comments and called representatives of various ministries for recording evidence.[121] The meeting was headed by senior Congress MP Satyavrat Chaturvedi.[120] Law Secretary B A Agarwal was summoned to clarify various matters.[121] The committee met again on 19 July 2012. The director of the CBI aired his views in the meeting. He made it clear that the CBI is open to changes in the Lokpal bill that strengthen the agency's autonomy by enhancing the proposed Lokpal's role in key appointments like those of director, head of prosecution and lawyers who represent CBI. He also mentioned in the meeting that the Lokpal should be given a significant say in appointing the director of the prosecution wing instead of the process being controlled by the law ministry as is currently the procedure, the persistent criticism about CBI's investigations being throttled by political directives could be addressed as well. He opposed making the prosecution or the anticorruption wings subservient to the Lokpal. The select committee had in its earlier sittings examined senior law officials who agreed with the members that the prescription for lokayuktas under Article 253 that refers to fulfillment of international obligations - in this case the UN convention against corruption - might not be feasible. Recourse to international treaties to frame a law that impact the federal structure is not within the ambit of the law. The Select committee referred the Bill for Public Suggestions in July 2012. In reply hundreds of responses were received to the Rajya Sabha. The committee took a view and shortlisted certain recommendations and took Oral Evidence in physical presence of the Members. Committee considered some of the most valid suggestions being done by the Members. Mr. Deepak Tongli of Hyderabad had come with a proposal of setting up the lower most unit to keep regular check on Anti Corruption in petty cases at District Level. In addition few other members also shared their views in this regard. Mr. Tongli, 26 yrs aged happened to be the youngest person to appear before the Parliamentary committee for Oral Evidence at Rajya Sabha.[122]

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The monsoon session of parliament was to be held in August 2012. Hence, a bill that is pending before the upper house whether or not it was passed by the Lok Sabha, does not lapse on its dissolution. Hence, the bill is still alive in its present form.[123] The bill was not expected to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha before the first day of the last week of the session.[124][125]

See also
Indian Penal Code Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 Lokayukta Acts in States Major differences between the Draft Lokpal Bill, 2010 and the Jan Lokpal Bill.

Notes
a. ^ Section 252 of the Constitution of India. It is a legislation which pertains to the power of Parliament to legislate for two or more States by consent and adoption of such legislation by any other State. [104] b. ^ Section 253 of the Constitution of India. It is a legislation for giving effect to international agreements signed by India. [105]

Further reading
Official documents pertaining to the Lokpal Bill of Government of India "The Lokpal Bill, 2011- As Introduced in Lok Sabha". [1] (http://164.100.24.219/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/asintroduced/Lokpal%20%2039%20of%202011%20English.pdf). 2011, PRS India. "The Lokpal And Lokayuktas Bill, 2011". [2] (http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/Lok%20Pal%20Bill%202011/Lokpal%20and%20Lokayuktas%20Bill%20 as%20passed%20by%20LS.pdf). 27 December 2011, PRS India. "Report of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Lokpal". [3] (http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/48th_lokpal_report.pdf). December 2011, Rajya Sabha Minutes of the Joint Drafting Committee (JDC) for Drafting the Lokpal Bill "Minutes of the First Meeting". [4] (http://persmin.gov.in/Lokpal/JDC_Minutes_of_First_Meeting_English.PDF). 2011, The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India "Minutes of the Second Meeting". [5] (http://persmin.gov.in/Lokpal/JDC_Minutes_of_Second_Meeting_English.PDF). 2011, The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India "Minutes of the Third Meeting". [6] (http://persmin.gov.in/Lokpal/JDC_Minutes_of_Third_Meeting_English.PDF). 2011, The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India "Minutes of the Fourth Meeting". [7] (http://persmin.gov.in/Lokpal/JDC_Minutes_of_4_Meeting_English.PDF). 2011, The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India "Minutes of the Fifth Meeting". [8] (http://persmin.gov.in/Lokpal/JDC_Minutes_of_5_Meeting_English.PDF). 2011, The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India "Minutes of the Sixth Meeting". [9] (http://www.scribd.com/ideopreneur/d/64079154-Lokpal-JDC-Minutes-ofMeeting-6). 2011, The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India.
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Non-Official Versions of Lokpal Bill "The Foundation of Democratic Reforms and Lok Satta Position". [13] (http://www.fdrindia.org/lokpal/LokpalBill_LSandFDRposition.pdf). 2011, FDR India "The Jan Lokpal Bill- Version-2". [14] (http://www.box.com/shared/static/t4r6ea251rkkddkrsfja.pdf). 2011, India Against Corruption "The Bahujan Lokpal Bill". [15] (http://www.prajnya.in/bahujanlokpal.pdf). 2011, Prajnya, Drafted by All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations and others. "The NCPRI approach to Lokpal and comparative differences of it with the Jan Lokpal Bill". [16] (http://www.prajnya.in/lokpaldebate.htm). 2011, Prajnya Similar International Anti-Corruption/Bribery Laws "The United Kingdom Bribery Act, 2010". [17] (http://www.fdrindia.org/lokpal/UKBriberyAct.pdf). 2010, FDR India "The Anti-Corruption Act of Bhutan 2006". [18] (http://www.fdrindia.org/lokpal/Anti_Corruption_Law_Bhutan.pdf). 2006, FDR India "International Anti-Bribery And Fair Competition Act of 1998". [19] (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW105publ366/pdf/PLAW-105publ366.pdf). 1998, United States federal Law, US Government Printing Office "Sri Lanka- Bribery Act". [20] (http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/37/62/46817244.pdf). 1954, OECD International Anti-Corruption/Bribery Conventions "United Nation Convention Against Corruption". [21] (http://www.fdrindia.org/lokpal/UN_Convention_Against_Corruption.pdf). New York 2004, FDR India "CONVENTION ON COMBATING BRIBERY OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS". [22] (http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/18/38028044.pdf) 1997 Convention, the 2009 Recommendation of the Council for Further Combating Bribery, the 2009 Recommendation on the Tax Deductibility of Bribes to Foreign Public Officials and other related instruments, OECD Other useful documents "The Second Chamber of Rajya Sabha". [23] (http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/publication_electronic/2nd_cham_ip_rol_sta_2009.pdf). 2009, The Second Chamber of Rajya Sabha, The Rajya Sabha "The Two Houses: Powers and Relationship". [24] (http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/two_house_parliament.pdf). The Rajya Sabha "Battling Indias malaise of Corruption". [25] (http://www.cvc.nic.in/CEO.pdf). Address to the India CEO Forum Organised by International Market Assessment India Pvt. Ltd, CVC India "Combating Corruption: Lessons Out Of India". [26] (http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/apcity/unpan047816.pdf).2009, International Public Management Review:Volume 10, Krishna K. Tummala

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