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Revision note: Lokpal and Lokayuktas, the CVC and the CBI

  • Lokpal Act 2013 (in force 2014); chair + ≤8 members, 50% judicial, 50% SC/ST/OBC/minorities/women
  • Selection: PM, Speaker, LoP, CJI, eminent jurist; term 5 yrs/70; PM covered with exclusions (2/3 full bench, in camera)
  • First Lokayukta Maharashtra 1971; first Lokpal P.C. Ghose 2019
  • CVC: 1964 (Santhanam), statutory 2003; CVC + 2 VCs; PM, Home Minister, LoP; 4 yrs/65
  • CBI: 1963 resolution; DSPE Act 1946; Director – PM, LoP, CJI; state consent (s.6); s.17A PC Act prior approval
  • "Caged parrot" (2013)
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