GUWAHATI: Former judge of the Supreme Court Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar has been appointed as the Chairperson of Lokpal, as announced in a press release by the Secretariat of the President of India.
It was further announced that the anti-corruption body will have three judicial and three non-judicial members.
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The judicial members include Justices Lingappa Narayana Swamy, Sanjay Yadav and Ritu Raj Awasthi and the non-judicial members include Sushil Chandra, Pankaj Kumar and Ajay Tirkey
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The Lokpal has not had a regular chairperson since 2022 after the retirement of Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose, after which judicial member Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty had taken over as acting chairperson.
The Lokpal is an anti-corruption authority which can investigate corruption charges against public functionaries, including the prime minister and cabinet ministers of India.