Delhi Cabinet clears Jan Lokpal Bill Monday Feb 03,2014

The Delhi Cabinet on Monday Feb 03,2014 cleared the ‘Delhi Lokpal Bill, 2014’ that aims to bring all public servants– from the Chief Minister to all Group D employees – under its ambit with no safeguards or “special privileges” extended even to the Chief Minister’s Office

The Bill will be tabled in the Assembly to be convened on February 13 without sending it to the Home Ministry for approval as has been the convention so far.

The Bill was passed at a Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, fulfilling a key election promise made to voters by the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP)

As per the draft Lokpal Bill, the Lokpal institution will have a chairperson and 10 members. 

The Lokpal, which will have the power to initiate suo motu investigation on a complaint from an individual, will also go after business entities that are beneficiaries of an offence with the guilty having to pay a fine up to five times the loss caused to the public exchequer