The parliamentary panel also advocated an amendment to the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act to make the necessary changes in the CBI’s functioning.
The parliamentary panel also advocated an amendment to the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act to make the necessary changes in the CBI’s functioning. “The functions of Lokpal and CVC be clearly specified. The overlap between functions and powers of CVC and Lokpal need to be addressed. Lokpal should utilise these organisations for conduct of inquiry, investigation and prosecution,” it added.
The panel reasoned that existing rules reflect a “colonial mindset of doubt and mistrust”, on declaration of assets and liabilities by a government servant, as they are at present being used more to harass government servants than as a safeguard against corruption. The panel added there should be use of modern technology in the form of digital surveillance software to detect disproportionate growth in assets and liabilities of a public servant beyond his known sources of income.
