New Delhi: Retired Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose has been appointed as India’s first Lokpal, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said on Tuesday.

Justice (retd) Ghose will head the panel that comprises Justices Dilip B Bhosale, Pradip Kumar Mohanty, Abhilasha Kumari and Ajay Kumar Tripathi.
Besides, the panel would have Dinesh Kumar Jain, Archana Ramasundaram, Mahender Singh and Indrajeet Prasad Gautam as non-judicial members.
The appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their offices, it said.