ISRO & Arms Deals to be Covered Under Jan Lokpal

[SpArK]

ISRO & Arms Deals to be Covered Under Jan Lokpal​

Organisations like Indian Space Research Organisation and arms deals would also be brought under the ambit of the proposed Lokpal bill, Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde said today.

"We propose to cover organisations like ISRO and arms deals under the purview of Jan Lokpal as they are important from internal security angle, besides the Prime Minister above all who will come under its jurisdiction", Hegde, part of the 10-member Joint Drafting Committee on Lokpal Bill, told reporters here.

Responding to a query, he said till date three meetings of the committee, comprising representatives of government and civil society, had been held.

"In the first meeting, we just discussed the procedures to be followed, in the second, we discussed about the things we need to focus and in the third meeting the government gave its response", he said.

Two more meetings are scheduled for May 23 and May 30. "However, these two meetings will not be conclusive and we may need a couple of more meetings to draft bill", Hegde said.

To another question, he said "the Jan Lokpal, when constituted, will consist of Chief Lokpal and 10 other Lokpal members who will work under him".


FILED ON: MAY 09, 2011 19:32 IST

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[The HBS Guy]

Arms deals too? Oh man!

That means we're never going to buy another nut and bolt for MoD again.

WTH!

 

[StormShadow]

Sh!t...what next? Number of strategic missiles and nuke stockpile being made public??
Jan Lokpal bill must cover the dealings and contracts of the Govt...not the military

 

[arihant]

Sh!t...what next? Number of strategic missiles and nuke stockpile being made public??
Jan Lokpal bill must cover the dealings and contracts of the Govt...not the military

Military Cover is also needed. But some exemptions must be their. Moreover, this investigations can be done behind bars without knowing the proceedings. Only judgement of guilty be published.

 

[Integrity]

Laying bare strategic procurements to the open junta is not a positive move , however transparency can be handled by a group of individuals who are adept at maintaining secrecy .

 

[DarK-LorD]

Who can guarantee that Lokpal members will not sell national secrets.

 

[Ajaxpaul]

that means open tender for even nuts and bots. May take five years to evaluate and execute the order!!

 

[KS]

Bad move.

Anything related to Military should not come under civilian perusal.

If the Govt want to do anything introduce something to fast track the military acquisitions, not to delay it

 

[indushek]

Time to congratulate our adversaries, its like winning without firing a single bullet.

 

[SpArK]

Lokpal Bill should include defence: Ayukta​

Karnataka Lokayukta and one of the civil society members in the Lokpal draft committee, Justice N Santosh Hedge, said on Monday that Defence deals and even institutions like ISRO would be brought under the ambit of the proposed Lokbal Bill.

He also said that Lokpal should also be vested with the powers of investigation.

“We definitely propose to cover organizations like ISRO and arms deals under the Lokpal bill as they are important from an internal security angle. Here it is not about how they performed or whether they underperformed. The angle of national security will also be there. But, if there is a corruption-related complaint of any manner then the Lokpal should be investigatig it,” Justice Hegde said.

He said that Lokpal should be vested with the powers of investigation, unlike the Lokayukta set-up where the investigation is handled exclusively by the police. Justice Hegde said Lokpal should have the powers of investigation as per section 36 of CrPC.


"I have been requesting for this power for Lokayukta, which never came. Now, the draft committee too is keen on giving supervisory powers for the investigation of cases to Lokpal. Section 36 of CrPC gives the power of supervision to the Lokpal. Otherwise, investigation is an exclusive domain of police,’’ Justice Hegde said.

In fact, as per the Lokayukta Act, the Lokayukta cannot supervise police investigation. The police wing in the Lokayukta investigates a case on its own and requests the state government for sanction of prosecution.

In fact, the Jan Lokpal Bill has included the supervisory powers under section 36 of CrPC to Lokpal. Justice Hegde said that he was confident that the representatives from the government will recognize the importance of these inclusions.

“The objective is that once a complaint is registered with the Lokpal, the investigation should be completed within 6 months and order be passed in 1 year. The draft committee meetings so far have been very fruitful and I hope we will be able to introduce a Lokpal bill with true powers,’’ he said.



The Jan Lokpal Bill states that the officers in the investigation wing of Lokpal shall be deemed to be police officers. For the purpose of section 36 of CrPC, the Chairperson and members of Lokpal, while investigating any offence under Prevention of Corruption Act, shall be competent to investigate any offence under any other law in the same case.

Earlier in the day, addressing FKCCI members, Justice Hegde said, from the Prime Minister of the country till the last cadre officer, all should come under the ambit of Lokpal bill.

He also said that talks were on to also include the Lok Sabha speaker, Rajya Sabha Deputy Speaker and Vice President in the committee to appoint the Lokpal.

As per the Jan Lokpal Bill, PM, the leader of the opposition and senior judges of SC constitute the appointment committee.

Lokpal Bill should include defence: Ayukta | Deccan Chronicle

 

[GUNS-N- ROSES]

its a very good move. i hope this reduce the number of scandals in the defence purchases.

 

[Archie]

What this Turd want is that all the powers of the central government should be transfered to 10 members of the lokpal which might include great faggots like Arundati roy , aswami Agnivesh and other fuking activist

F U Santosh Hegde

 

[Archie]

WITH THE AMOUNT OF ENTRIES THIS FCK WANTS IN THE LOKPAL BILL
THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE THAT , THE BILL WONT PASS

 

[Mo12]

WITH THE AMOUNT OF ENTRIES THIS FCK WANTS IN THE LOKPAL BILL
THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE THAT , THE BILL WONT PASS

Why not?

Could expose Indians getting paid, to chose they military hardware .... Plus we dont need to make it public, just know its being done effieciently.

 

[arihant]

People are not able to understand.

Recently a faulty part in Rocket of GSLV I made it failure. ISRO-ANTRIX deal could have been 3 lakh crore scam. We also know about what happened with bofors. Another was about barack missile.

Moreover, I guess LOKPAL will only look after if any govt. official or minister got paid bribe for getting the orders. Since, this could only be done after order has been placed, I guess there would not be delay in delivering the defense items.