A plea was on Wednesday moved in the Kerala High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the recent Kerala Lokayukta (Amendment) Ordinance, which has received the Governor’s assent, even as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the decision was taken based on legal advise that the system needed a change.
The petition, which was moved earlier in the day, contended that through enactment of the ordinance, the executive has become the appellate authority over the orders or declarations passed by the Lokayukta.
According to the ordinance, notified in the gazette on Tuesday, the Governor, Chief Minister or the state government would be the competent authority and he or it may either accept or reject the declaration by the Lokayukta, after giving an opportunity of being heard.
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