The negotiations on a draft Lokpal Bill on Monday gained momentum with government and civil society members agreeing on a number of basic principles of the proposed law and deciding to meet more often.

Karnataka Lokayukta and one of the civil society members in the Lokpal draft committee, Justice N Santosh Hedge, said on Monday that Defence deals and even institutions like ISRO would be brought unde

Ministers, MPs and bureaucrats seem set to come under the purview of the proposed Lokpal with government and civil society members of the drafting committee expressing unanimity on their inclusion.

Civil society and government members of the Lokpal Bill joint committee are to hold their third meeting here on Saturday evening to draft a stringent anti-graft law.

The meeting, to be held at 4.30 p

Civil society members of the joint drafting committee for the Lokpal Bill on Monday submitted two documents to the government outlining "principles and objects" for the proposed legislation.

The Joint Drafting Committee on Lokpal Bill on Monday decided to fast track the process of preparing the anti-corruption legislation as civil society representatives submitted two documents to the gov

The Joint Drafting Committee comprising five Union ministers and as representatives of civil society to frame an effective anti-graft law will hold its second meeting tomorrow to discuss the latest

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to go into a batch of PILs challenging constitutional validity of the notification on composition of a committee to draft the Jan Lokpal Bill, saying the petitions were "premature".

A conference on Lokpal on Monday felt that higher judiciary should be kept out of the proposed law against corruption but was divided on bringing the Prime Minister under its ambit.

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Amid series of allegations against eminent lawyer Shanti Bhushan and his son Prashant, activist Swami Agnivesh said the two were the "strongest link" in the fight against corruption and the controversies should not be allowed to affect the Lokpal Bill drafting committee.