RESIDENTS OF INDIA’S NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI DESERVE A STRONGER ANTI-CORRUPTION OMBUDSMAN LEGISLATION
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Much has been written and opined, by both scholars and political commentators, on the famous 2011 campaign led by Anna Hazare which eventually led to the enactment of the anticorruption ombudsman legislation i.e. The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (Act 1 of 2014). Strangely, the ombudsman legislation operating in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the hotbed and centre stage of the aforesaid campaign, has invited little scholarly attention. The present article seeks to fill that vacuum insofar as a critical analysis of The Delhi Lokayukta and Upalokayukta Act, 1995 (Act 1 of 1996) is concerned.
Since The Delhi Janlokpal Bill, 2015 is yet to receive the assent of the Lt. Governor, the people of Delhi continue to rely on the Lokayukta for redressal of grievances qua maladministration and corruption. Unfortunately, the Delhi Ombudman is neither efficacious nor fully independent as duly noted recently by the High Court of Delhi.
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