The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the government’s stand on completing the appointment of Lokpal, an ombudsman to protect the common man from corruption in public service and power centres, is “wholly unsatisfactory.”
The court was reacting to an affidavit filed by the government, the stated aim of it being to specify the exact time frame by which it would appoint the Lokpal. Instead, the government, represented by Attorney-General K.K. Venugopal, said it is a “complicated” process.