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Earlier, on December 19, 2025, the high court had quashed a November order of the Lokpal that had granted sanction to the CBI to file a chargesheet against Mahua Moitra.
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"The projected number of complaints for the year 2025-26 shows an exponential increase in comparison to the complaints registered during the year 2024-25," Justice AM Khanwilkar.
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The Lokpal had, on October 16, 2025, floated a request for proposal seeking bids from reputed agencies for the supply of seven BMW 3 Series 330Li cars
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TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev said the move was an affront to the very idea behind the creation of the Lokpal.
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"Lokpal is Justice AM Khanwilkar whose last judgement before retiring gave ED sweeping powers in PMLA cases," wrote Trinamool Congress MP Sagarika Ghose on X.
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According to a report earlier this year on the Lokpal’s functioning over the past five years, the institution ordered investigations in just 24 cases and granted prosecution sanctions in six.
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Mahua Moitra of Trinamool Congress and two others are the complainants in the matter.
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The Lokpal, in its order, has highlighted the fact that the complainants did not submit any credible evidence in the matter while attempting to make the authority do a "roving inquiry".
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As directed by the Lokpal, the CBI has not divulged the names of the officials or the allegations against them.
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In the order, Lokpal has said that the observations made on the complaints should not be construed as an expression of opinion
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The ombudsman's directive came while deciding a complaint by BJP Lok Sabha member Nishikant Dubey alleging that Moitra had asked questions in the Lower House of Parliament in exchange for cash and gifts from Dubai-based businessman Darshan Hiranandani.
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In the Supreme Court, Khanwilkar was a member of the collegium for over a year. When he retired in 2016, he was the third-most senior judge of the court.
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Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty, a judicial member of the Lokpal, is currently the acting chairperson.
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"Hope Rs 13,000 crore Adani coal scam merits CBI PE before my witchhunt," she further posted on X.
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Justice Prathiba M Singh issued notice on the MCD's challenge to the Lokpal order directing a CBI probe and sought response from the authority.
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In reply to an RTI query, the office of Lokpal said that out of the total complaints received during 2022-23 (till August 21, 2022), 134 were in the prescribed format and 1,585 were in non-format.
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As per rules notified under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, every public servant was required to file asset details under Section 44 on March 31 every year or on or before July 31.
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In an order dated September 1, the Nainital bench of the tribunal directed the central government to “take a decision on the pending representation” of Chaturvedi, within a period of eight weeks.
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.Of the total complaints received in the last fiscal, 169 were format and 5,511 were under non-format category, it said.
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Out of the 30 complaints, 18 were against group A or B officials and 12 against "chairperson/member/officer/employee in any body/board/corporation/authority/company/society/trust/autonomous body" wholly or partially financed by the central government or controlled by it, according to the Lokpal data.
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As many as 110 complaints, including four against Members of Parliament (MPs), were received by the Lokpal during 2020-21, registering over 92 per cent decline from 1,427 plaints received in 2019-20.
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Of the total complaints received in the last fiscal, 57 were against Group A or Group B central government officials, 44 against chairpersons, members and employees of different boards/corporations/autonomous bodies wholly or partially financed by the Centre, and five were in the “others” category, it said.
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Here is a set of rules that need to be followed while filing a complaint against a public servant, including the prime minister, for alleged corruption
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Justice Bhosale had sent his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday, they said.
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A senior Personnel Ministry official said the Lokpal is likely to move out of its five star hotel temporary office at The Ashok Hotel in Chanakyapuri by this month.
