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Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi sworn in as judicial member, Lokpal of India.

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Newdelhi:27Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi sworn in as judicial member, Lokpal . Justice A. M. Khanwilkar, Chairperson, Lokpal of India, administered the oath.

Shri Pankaj Kumar and Shri Ajay Tirkey took oath as members, of Lokpal. The oath ceremony was organised today at Lokpal of India office in New Delhi.

The new appointments took place as two existing Judicial Members namely Justice P. K. Mohanty and Justice Abhilasha Kumari and three Members namely Shri D. K. Jain, Smt. Archana Ramasundaram and Shri Mahender Singh completed their tenure in Lokpal on 26th March 2024.

Shri Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, before joining as Judicial Member, Lokpal of India, was serving as the Chairperson of 22nd Law Commission of India. Before that, he was Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court.

Shri Pankaj Kumar is a 1986 batch IAS officer from Gujarat cadre. Before joining as Member of Lokpal of India, he was serving as Chief Secretary of Gujarat.

Shri Ajay Tirkey is a 1987 batch IAS officer from Madhya Pradesh cadre. Before joining as Member of Lokpal of India, he was serving as Secretary of Department of Land Resources, Government of India.

Shri Praveen Kumar Srivastava, Central Vigilance Commissioner, and other senior officials of CBI and ED also attended the ceremony.

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