Bannurmath

• Justice S R Bannurmath takes over as chairman of Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission

  Justice S R Bannurmath, former Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court has taken over as the Chairman of the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (SHRC).

• Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission finally gets a chairman

  Justice SR Bannurmath, former Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, is set to take over as the chairman of the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (SHRC). His predecessor, Justice Kshitij Vyas had resigned from the post in February last year. Since then the Commission has not been able to function, as the other members had also moved on to ...

• Karnataka government to begin fresh process for Lokayukta selection

  After its vain bid to install former Kerala Chief Justice S R Bannurmath as the Lokayukta, Karnataka Government is set to start afresh tomorrow the consultation process for picking a new candidate and hoped to complete the exercise in about ten days.

• Karnataka, mired in graft, still without Lokayukta

  Despite allegations of corruption among some of its most well-known politicians and bureaucrats, Karnataka remains without an ombudsman or Lokayukta. In September last year, Justice Shivraj Patil quit the office barely a month after he was inducted, after allegations of an inappropriate land deal involving him.

• Will not allow dilution or weakening of Lokayukta says Bhardwaj

  In a veiled warning to the Bhartiya Janata Party government, Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj today said he would not allow dilution or weakening of Lokayukta and independence of investigating agencies would be maintained.