Pune: Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh
Hegde Wednesday said the institution of Lokayukta should be
empowered to take a person accused of corruption to court
without having to seek government permission.
"We are not seeking power to punish. We need powers to
prove cases of corruption and take an accused to a court of
law without having to seek government`s permission," he said
addressing students of a law college here.
Hegde said the people who are "perceived to be corrupt"
should be boycotted by the society currently plagued by the
"greed over need" disease eroding moral values.
If a time limit of six months is fixed for conviction or
acquittal in cases of corruption, the malaise would be reduced
by fifty percent, he said adding there should be a Lokayukta
Act under the Indian constitution in all states.
Justice Hegde also said that the final report of the
Lokayukta on the illegal mining in Kartnataka detailing the
loss suffered by the country, would be out shortly.
PTI
