There is the limited scope of contempt petition and the NGO can file a separate petition seeking directions for effective functioning, it said.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday refused to pass any direction with regard to "effective functioning" of anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal and disposed of a contempt plea filed by an NGO which had sought the appointment of the country’s first anti-graft authority.
There is the limited scope of contempt petition and the NGO can file a separate petition seeking directions for effective functioning, it said.
A bench of Justices Navin Sinha and Krishna Murari was told by advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for Common Cause that though the country’s first anti-graft body has been appointed, there are no rules framed as to how the complaints will be lodged or no directorate of prosecution, which is affecting its "effective functioning".
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