New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): The joint drafting committee comprising five union ministers and social activist Anna Hazare's representatives will meet here today to take forward the latest version of the Jan Lokpal Bill to combat corruption.
The drafting committee has held two meetings so far and decided to put on fast track the finalisation of the Lokpal Bill.
The Committee has five union ministers and five social activists on the panel.
Both the government and civil society have exchanged the drafts of the proposed legislation prepared by them and held discussions on several major issues in the second meeting.
At a round-table organised recently, two former Chief Justices of India - J S Verma and M N Venkatachalaiah - had opposed inclusion of Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts in the proposed legislation.
The latest version has a new clause, Clause 13-C, which gives wide powers to 'an appropriate bench of the Lokpal' to approve interception and monitoring of messages or data or voice transmitted through telephones, internet or any other medium as covered under the India Telegraph Act, read with Information and Technology Act 2000.
Another new provision in this draft is for setting up of a separate 'prosecution wing' for the office of Lokpal, which is already envisaged to have powers to investigate.
The draft was circulated to government representatives during the Committee's fist meeting on April 16. (ANI)
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