Justice NK Gupta has been appointed lokayukta of Madhya Pradesh on Monday. Governor OP Kohli will administer oath to Justice Gupta for the post of lokayukta in Rajbhavan at 4 pm on October 18.
Justice Gupta obtained degree in MSc (Maths) and llB (Honours) from Indore University. He secured second position in llB (Honours) in the university. Gupta was appointed as judge on August 1979 and became judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court on May 03, 2010.
Earlier, Justice Gupta carried out remarkable works rendering services on the posts of Additional Registrar (Vigilance) in the High Court, Additional Director Special Judge (Corruption Prevention) of Judicial Officers Training Institute, Special Judge (SC/ST (Atrocities Prevention) Act), Chairman Consumer Forum and Chief legal Advisor. He also held additional charge of Additional Secretary of Director Public Prosecution.
Appointment made according to rules
Appointment has been made on the post of lokayukta in compliance to the Madhya Pradesh lokayukta Act 1981. According to the Section 3 (1) (A) of the Act, lokayukta should be appointed after the consultation with Chief Justice of the High Court and leader of the Opposition, which has been made in this case.
According to the Section 3(2)(A) of the Act, the person who held post of High Court Judge could be appointed on the post of lokayukta. Therefore, according to the Act, there is no irrelevancy in this appointment. Minister for Public Relations and spokeperson of Madhya Pradesh Government Narottam Mishra has clarified that appointment of lokayukta has been made according to the rules.