Justice Pinaki Ghose takes oath as first Lokpal of India

Justice Pinaki Ghose takes oath as first Lokpal of India

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday, 23^rd March 2019 administered the oath of office to Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose as the country’s first Lokpal.

The oath was administered at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, a communique issued by the President’s office said.


Justice Ghose, a former Supreme Court judge, was Tuesday,   20^th March 2019 named the country’s first Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman.


Former Chief Justices of different high courts -- Justices Dilip B Bhosale, Pradip Kumar Mohanty, Abhilasha Kumari -- besides sitting Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court Ajay Kumar Tripathi were appointed as judicial members in the Lokpal.


Former first woman chief of Sashastra Seema Bal Archana Ramasundaram, ex-Maharashtra chief secretary Dinesh Kumar Jain, former IRS officer Mahender Singh and Gujarat cadre ex-IAS officer Indrajeet Prasad Gautam are the Lokpal’s non-judicial members.