High Court issued Notice to Govt advocate filed PIL to include SC/ST member in Lokpal Drafting committee –

High Court issued Notice to Govt advocate filed PIL to
include SC/ST member in Lokpal Drafting committee –

M Palanimuthu, an advocate, filed the PIL seeking a direction to the Union Government to re-constitute the Joint Drafting Committee of Lokpal Bill with due representation to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Women.



The petitioner submitted that he had come to know that many members of Parliament, intellectuals, social workers and women rights activities have sent many petitions to the Government of India and Chairman of the Joint Drafting Committee of the Lokpal Bill in this regard.

Palanimuthu said that till date, four meetings of the joint drafting committee of Lokpal bill had been held without representation of SCs/STs and women.

These meetings were "totally meaningless and incomplete for the purpose" and proceedings of the committee should be stopped immediately, the petitioner demanded.

After that The Madras High Court today ordered notice to the Union Government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to include a civil society activist from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Lokpal Bill Drafting Committee.

When the matter came up before the Bench of Justices S Rajeswaran and K B K Vasuki, the Additional Solicitor General took notice on behalf of the Union of India.

Before this another PIL was also filed regarding demand to include a civil society activist from south India.

Now High court will hear both the Public Interest Ligation Petition on June 9.

Do you think both the PIL are good?

Both the PIL has no merit in this case.

Its waste of time, money and resources.

Lokpal bill Panel members gave opportunity to Every Indian to submit their demands before them.

If anyone wants to say anything he can do it.

I just see this demand as a stunt to get the publicity.

If Government agrees to this demand then
we have to include every caste and religion, then we have to include one person from each state.

Just its foolishness.

High Court should have dismissed this PIL on the first day itself.

No Merit in this Case.


Reality views by sm –
May 26, 2011

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