3 ex-SC judges among 16 in fray for Lokpal top post
Three exSupreme Court judges, a former high court chief justice, one UGC member and an information commissioner are among 16 persons who have applied for the chairmanship of proposed anti-corruption body Lokpal.
By : migrator
Update: 2016-01-14 14:08 GMT
New Delhi
The list, which has been made public by Department of Personnel and Training after an order of Information Commissioner Sudhir Bhargava on the plea of Subhash Agrawal, shows the Supreme Court had nominated Justices Gyan Sudha Mishra, C K Prasad and Balbir Singh Chauhan, who have now retired, for the position.
Retired Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court M Karpaga Vinayagam, former UGC member M M Ansari, Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu are also among those who have applied for the post directly.
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