The Delhi high court has dismissed a petition seeking removal of activist Anna Hazare from the Lokpal bill drafting committee and held that setting up of the panel is in the executive’s exclusive domain.

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A bench of justices Deepak Misra and Sanjiv Khanna rejected plea made by by a civil society organisation Jan Shakti alleging corruption in the trust administered by Hazare.

Judges said the suitability of the persons who form a panel could not be a matter of judicial review, thus doesn’t call for judicial interference.