Lokpal bill may falter if challenged in court

Besides the resistance the Lokpal Bill faces from the political class, there are also doubts whether all its provisions are consistent with the Constitution. Many experts feel the reservation for minorities provided for under the Bill, as well as that it seeks to set up Lokayuktas in states, put the provisions of the bill at odds with the Constitution. Constitutional experts Soli J Sorabjee and Rajeev Dhavan questioned the government's wisdom in providing 50% reservation for SC/ST, OBC, minorities and women in the 9-member Lokpal body saying the idea of empowerment which had been misused to make the anti-graft body an "accommodative joke".

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