Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Leader of the opposition of the upper house
The correct answer is Leader of the opposition of the upper house. - Leader of the opposition of the upper house is not Member of the Selection Committee for Lokpal.
- The Selection Committee for the Lokpal
- The Selection Committee for the Lokpal shall comprise of:
- The Prime Minister (Chief Minister in state case)
- Speaker of the Lower House
- Leaders of the Opposition of the Lower House
- The Chief Justice of India (Chief Justice of the High Court) or a judge of the Supreme Court nominated by hiM
- An eminent jurist nominated by the President (Governor)
- The Bill makes it mandatory for the Selection Committee to constitute a search committee of at least seven members.
- At least 50% of the members shall be from among SC, ST, OBC, women or minority communities.
- The Selection Committee may consider a candidate other than one recommended by the Search Committee.
- The Lokpal Act of 2013:
- The Act allows setting up of anti-corruption ombudsman called Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayukta at the State-level.
- Composition:
- The Lokpal consists of a Chairperson and eight members.
- Four of the judicial members have been former Chief Justices of different High Courts
- The four non-judicial members have been from All India Services/Central Services.
- First Chairperson of the Lokpal:
- Shri Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose, who is a former Judge of Supreme Court of India and was a sitting member of the National Human Rights Commission.
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