T S Thakur 
National

Lokayuktha issue returns to same SC Bench

The plea challenging appointment of Justice Virendra Singh, a former judge of Allahabad High Court, as Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta was on Monday referred by the Supreme Court to a bench which has been hearing various petitions on the issue.

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New Delhi

A bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur, Justices AK Sikri and R Banumathi said the fresh plea also needed to be heard by the same bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi which had earlier appointed Justice Singh as Lokayukta. 

The court had on December 16 last year had exercised its constitutional authority and appointed Justice Singh as Lokayukta, saying the constitutional functionaries-- the Chief Minister, the leader of opposition and the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court--had failed to comply with its orders by not appointing the chief of the state’s anti-graft ombudsman.

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