Chairperson, Lokpal of India, Shri Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar administered the oath of office to the following as Judicial Member and Member of Lokpal of India, in a ceremony organised today at 11:00 AM at Lokpal of India Campus, New Delhi:

Judicial Member

1. Shri Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy
2. Shri Justice Sanjay Yadav

Member

1. Shri Sushil Chandra

            Shri Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy, before joining as Judicial Member of Lokpal of India, was the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court and is a former Judge of the Karnataka High Court.

Shri Justice Sanjay Yadav, before joining as Judicial Member of Lokpal of India, was the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court and is a former Judge of the Allahabad High Court and Madhya Pradesh High Court.

Shri Sushil Chandra is a 1980 batch IRS (IT) officer. Before joining as Member of Lokpal of India, he was the 24^th Chief Election Commissioner of India and previously served as the Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes.

With the swearing in of three new members today, the office of the Lokpal of India is now at its full strength of nine members including the Chairperson.

(From left to right) Shri Justice Sanjay Yadav, Judicial Member; Shri Mahender Singh, Member; Shri D. K. Jain, Member; Shri Justice P. K. Mohanty, Judicial Member; Shri Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar, Chairperson; Smt. Justice Abhilasha Kumari, Judicial Member; Smt. Archana Ramasundaram, Member; Shri Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy, Judicial Member; Shri Sushil Chandra, Member

 

Today’s ceremony was also attended by Members of the Lokpal, Justice Hemant Gupta, Chairperson, India International Arbitration Centre (IIAC), Justice Indermeet Kaur Kochhar, Member, Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT), Justice Ravi Ranjan, Member (MWDT), Shri Praveen Kumar Srivastava, Central Vigilance Commissioner, Shri Arvinda Kumar, Vigilance Commissioner and Senior officers of CBI and ED.

*******

PU/PK/PMS

(Release ID: 2013885) Visitor Counter : 5150