Lokpal News
66-year-old Justice Ghose retired as a Supreme Court judge in May 2017.
Justice Ghose, a former Supreme Court judge, was on March 19 appointed as the country's first Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman.
A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said that the President Kovind has cleared the appointment of Justice Ghose as Chairperson and nine others as members of the Lokpal.
It is learnt that the Selection Committe had finalized and recommended Justice Ghose's name two days ago.
Anna Hazare is on an indefinite hunger strike over the appointment of anti-corruption watchdog.
The strike will continue till the government fulfils their promises before coming to power about passage of Lokayukta Act, appointment of Lokpal (at the Centre) and to tackle farmers' issues.
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Hazare has been demand the setting up of a Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states.
The anti-corruption crusader will begin the hunger strike from his village Ralegan Siddhi.
Hazare will launch the strike at 10 am in his village Ralegan Siddhi.
Former apex court judge Justice (retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai is heading the search committee.
The apex court asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to file the affidavit on the matter by January 17.
In a letter to Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh, Hazare accused the NDA government of making excuses to avoid the appointment of Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states.
Anna Hazare had last week written a letter to PM Modi over Lokpal issue.
Hazare said that that government has made tall promises but didn't appoint a Lokpal.
Kharge earlier occasions too had of the panel on the same ground, saying these have remained unacknowledged and unaddressed.
The bench said that since the selection committee was scheduled to meet on July 19, it would not pass any direction.
A Supreme Court bench has said that it doesn't consider necessary to pass any order at this stage but said it expects that the process of appointment of Lokpal will be made at the earliest.
The man, who threw shoe at Anna Hazare, was identified as Rajkumar Saini and arrested by the Delhi Police.
Anna Hazare's routine press conference was also called off due to his poor health.
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