Unit 4 of Administrative Law (syllabus: Module IV — public corporations and undertakings; informal settlement and grievance redressal; public inquiries and Commissions of Inquiry; the Ombudsman — the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act 2013 and the Maharashtra Act 1971; the Central Vigilance Commission; civil services in India and Article 311; administrative deviance and the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 and the Whistle Blowers Protection Act; and the Right to Information Act 2005). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- When may a Commission of Inquiry be appointed, and what is the status of its report?
- What is the extent of the Lokpal jurisdiction?
- What is the Central Vigilance Commission empowered to do, and what may it not do?
- When may information be refused under the Right to Information Act?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Commissions of Inquiry Act 1952, s. 3(1)
- Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act 2013, s. 3 and 14
- Central Vigilance Commission Act 2003, s. 8(1)
- Right to Information Act 2005, s. 3, 8(1), 8(2), 10, 22
Leading cases
- Stated from the Act itself
- Secretary General