Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Will implement SC judgement on Lokayukta soon: Gujarat govt


Will implement SC judgement on Lokayukta soon: Gujarat govt

 With the Supreme Court today
upholding Governor Kamla Beniwal's decision to appoint Justice
(retd) R A Mehta as Gujarat Lokayukta, the Narendra Modi
government said it would soon implement the apex court
judgement.
"We will soon implement the Supreme Court judgement on
Lokayukta," state Law Minister Bhupindersinh Chudasama said
here.
"The Supreme Court has accepted Gujarat government's
contention that Governor has to act as per the advice of the
Council of Ministers," he added.
A detailed reaction on the issue could only be given after
reading the judgement, Chudasama said.
In a setback to the Gujarat government, the Supreme Court
upheld Mehta's appointment as the state Lokayukta, saying it
was done in consultation with the Chief Justice of Gujarat
High Court.
The Governor was bound to act under advice of Council of
Ministers, but in this case the appointment was not wrong
since it was done in consultation with the High Court Chief
Justice, the apex court said.
Governor Kamla Beniwal had on August 25 last year
appointed Justice Mehta to the post of Lokayukta, which had
been lying vacant for the last eight years.

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