Last month, the Supreme Court stayed a Lokayukta police investigation against former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. The Lokayukta police had filed a first information report (FIR) against Yediyurappa on charges of bribery.
Though the pendency of cases in the Karnataka Lokayukta has decreased from the high of 18,299 recorded in 2008, the overall pendency has increased by 773.4 per cent in 2020 from 780 in 2005. The disposal of cases has increased by 14 per cent in the same five-year period.
India has a Lokayukta in 29 states. However, only seven of these states have made their annual reports