The Governor has appointed retired High Court judge P. Devadass as the chairperson of the five-member Lokayukta that was notified on Monday. It was in December last year the State government constituted a search committee for submitting names for the posts of the chairperson and members of the Lokayukta. Search committeeRetired High Court judge K. Venkataraman was the chairperson of the panel. Former Advocate General R. Krishnamoorthy and retired IPS officer A. Pari were the other members on the search committee. The judge had then recalled his judgment and eventually cancelled the bail granted to the rape convict.

Source: The Hindu April 02, 2019 20:31 UTC