Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma is new Punjab lokpal

Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma is new Punjab lokpal

The Punjab government has appointed Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma (retired) as the new lokpal.

The post was lying vacant since April 23, 2018, after Justice Satish Kumar Mittal (retd) had resigned.

Justice Sharma had served as Punjab and Haryana high court judge from March 22, 2006 to October 26, 2010. Thereafter, he was transferred to the Madras high court from where he retired on May 24, 2013.