Former chief justices of India M N Venkatachaliah and J S Verma have been invited by the Parliamentary panel examining the Lokpal Bill to give their views on setting up an anti-corruption ombudsman.
Venkatachaliah and Verma could be giving evidence before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice at its meeting to be held in the next 8-10 days.
Venkatachaliah was the Chief Justice of India between 1993-94 and also headed the National Commission to review the working of the Constitution.
He has reportedly said that any Lokpal set-up has its own limitations and would survive only if it takes into account the need to strengthen every other institution of Constitutional safeguards.
Verma headed the first Commission on the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and is known for several significant judgements including the ones in the infamous Hawala case and Ayodhya land dispute in which he ruled that acquiring the property of a mosque did not constitute an abridgement of a Muslim's right to freedom of religious belief and practice.
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