The court's stay on the Lokpal order asserting jurisdiction over HC judges has sparked a debate over anti-corruption ...

Lokpal, envisioned as India’s top anti-corruption watchdog, remains ineffective due to systemic flaws. Procedural dismissals dominate its workload, limiting meaningful action. Urgent reforms, ...

The Lokpal headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice A M Khanwilkar had said on January 27 that it had the power to look ...

The court signalled its strong disapproval of the ombudsman’s stance in entertaining two complaints against the sitting high ...

The order received a strong reaction from a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, which declared it “very, very disturbing” ...

The Supreme Court has stayed the Lokpal's order on complaints against a high court judge, highlighting concerns over judicial ...

The Supreme Court has temporarily halted the Lokpal's decision to bring high court judges under its jurisdiction and has ...

The Lokpal, since its establishment in 2014, has addressed over 2,400 corruption complaints, with 2,350 resolved. It operates under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013. The agency comprises a ...

In an interim order passed Thursday, the Supreme Court stayed the operation of a decision of the Lokpal holding that the anti ...

Justices BR Gavai and Abhay S Oka said that High Court judges are constitutional authorities, and not just statutory ...

The Constitution did not establish the High Courts, the Lokpal argued in the January 27 order. On the other hand, the Supreme Court was completely a child of the Constitution, the ombudsman noted.

The Lokpal passed the order on two complaints filed against a sitting additional judge of the high court, alleging that he ...