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JAN LOKPAL BILL


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Anna Hazare started a nationwide campaign to demand a

strong anti-corruption law

Jan Lokpal Bill.

JAN LOKPAL BILL


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Lets understand JAN LOKPAL BILL

Institution of

Jan Lokpal at central govt level

Jan Lokayukta in each state

Correspondingly Jan Lokpal to accept

corruption complaints against Central govt dept

and Jan Lokayukta against state govt dept

Each will have 10 members and 1 chairperson Will be completely Independent

Politicians will not able to interfere in their

functioning


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Lets understand JAN LOKPAL

BILL

Will be completely Independent

Politicians will not able to interfere in their

functioning


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Corruption at High Levels

Present System - Despite Evidence, No

Punishment

Proposed System - Jan Lokpal and Jan

Lokayukta will ensure punishment for

corruption

Time bound investigations

Investigation to be completed within 1 year

May employ more staff to complete within time


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After investigation if proven guilty following 2 actions

shall be taken:

1. Power to dismiss corrupt officers

If complaint is proved, can remove a govt officer orimpose departmental penalties

2. Time bound trial

Will file a case in trial court

Trial in the court to complete & announce punishment

within next 1 yearMay direct the govt to set up additional courts to

complete the trial in time


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Provision for:

Recovery of loss caused to govt During investigations, they shall ban transfer of assets of the

accused

Entire loss to be recovered from the assets of theaccused

Currently no such provisionin our existing laws


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Common man is compelled to pay bribe

Jan Lokpal and Jan Lokayukta will provide relief to the common as:

Each govt dept will have to make Citizens Charter

Charter specifies who does whatjob and in how much time

Eg. charter will tell X officer will make ration card in 5 days

If Charter is not followed, then people can complain to the Head of that

department who will be designated as the Public Grievance Officer(PGO)

PGO will redress the complaint within 30 days maximum

Corruption at Low Levels


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Corruption at Low Levels

If PGO doesnt satisfy the complainant, then a complaint can be

made to the Vigilance officerof Jan Lokpal and Jan Lokayukta.

When a complaint is made to Jan Lokpal or Jan Lokayukta, it

will be deemed to have corruption angle.

The Vigilance Officer will have to

Solve the grievance in 30 days

Impose penalty on the guilty officers which will be given to

the Complainant as compensation

Start investigations of corruption against guilty officers


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Comparison

CURRENT SYSTEM PROPOSED JAN LOKPAL-JANLOKAYUKTA SYSTEM

JUDGESSC&H

C

No FIR can be registered

against any SupremeCourt or High Court judge

without the permission of

Chief Justice of India.

It has been seen in thepast that the Chief Justice

of India tries to protect

his own fraternity of

judges and rarely gives

Under Jan Lokpal Bill, the full bench

of Lokpal will give permission to filea case against any judge.

No permission will be required from

Chief Justice of India. Therefore,

corruption in higher judiciary willalso be checked through Jan Lokpal

Bill.


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Comparison

CURRENT SYSTEM PROPOSED JAN LOKPAL-JANLOKAYUKTA SYSTEM

PUNISHMENT

The quantum of

punishment for

people convicted of

corruption ranges

from:

6 months to 7 years

of imprisonment

which is inadequate!

The punishment will range

from:

1 yearrigorous

imprisonment to life

sentence.

Higherpunishment for

those in higherrank.


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CURRENT SYSTEM PROPOSED JAN LOKPAL-JAN

LOKAYUKTA SYSTEM

EVIDENCE

In the current

system, if anyone

obtains any benefit

from the

governmentillegally, it is

difficult to prove

that the person did

so by paying bribes

If a person obtains any

benefit from the government

in violation of a law or rules

and regulations, that person

along with concerned publicservants shall be deemed to

have indulged in corrupt

practices.

Comparison


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What do you think?Please raise your voice

Dont keep silent

Write to the newspapers and TV channels in your area

and tell them what do you want

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