# Justice Sunil Shukre sworn in as Maharashtra lokayukta 2026-08-25T16:37:00+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Justice Sunil Shukre of the Bombay High Court was sworn in as Maharashtra's lokayukta on Tuesday. Governor Jishnu Dev Verma administered the oath of office to him. Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the lokayukta system, enacting the Maharashtra Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas Act in 1971. The state government moved to strengthen the institution by introducing the Maharashtra Lokayukta Bill in 2022, which seeks to bring the chief minister and cabinet ministers under its direct purview. The lokayukta's tenure is five years. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Justice Shukre takes charge at a time when the Maharashtra government's 2022 bill to expand the lokayukta's jurisdiction to the chief minister and cabinet remains pending. The original 1971 Act excluded the CM from scrutiny, a gap the new bill aims to close. Unlike the central Lokpal, which covers the prime minister, state lokayuktas have varied powers. The effectiveness of this appointment will depend on whether the state legislature passes the pending bill and how the office uses its expanded remit if it does. The government has not announced a timeline for the bill's passage. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Straight news report of the swearing-in, with background on the 1971 Act and the 2022 bill. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Bombay High Court, Maharashtra Lokayukta, Sunil Shukre Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/justice-sunil-shukre-sworn-in-as-maharashtra-lokayukta/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/justice-sunil-shukre-sworn-in-as-maharashtra-lokayukta/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/