Tag: Lokayukta Act

Kamal Haasan to not contest LS polls, promises 50 lakh jobs, 100% profit for farmers in manifesto

Earlier this month, the MNM announced electoral tie-up with the lesser known Republican Party of India and allotted one Lok Sabha seat and three seats in the assembly by-elections to be held on April 18.

March 25, 2019

Govt ‘cheated’ on Lokayukta Act: Mishra

Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Mr Narasingha Mishra dared Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to produce the gazetted notification dated 16 January, 2015 giving force to the Lokayukta Act in Odisha as is made out from a recent order of the Supreme Court. Accusing the government of ‘cheating’ the court and the Assembly, ‘taking everyone …

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April 27, 2018

Maharashtra Governor orders Lokayukta probe into Minister

Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao on Wednesday asked the Lokayukta to investigate charges of corruption against Housing Minister Prakash Mehta pertaining to a slum rehabilitation scheme here. The Lokayukta will probe the permissions granted by Mehta to the project in MP Mill Compound, Mumbai, under the Maharashtra Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayukta Act, 1971 Section 17(3), said a …

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September 6, 2017