UPSC 2025: Consider the following statements about Lokpal: I. The power of Lokpal applies to public servants of India, but not to the Indian public servants posted outside India. II. The Chairperson or a Member shall not be a Member of the Parliament or a Member of the Legislature of any State or Union Territory, and only the Chief Justice of India, whether incumbent or retired, has to be its Chairperson. III. The Chairperson or a Member shall not be a person of less than forty-five years of age on the date of assuming office as the Chairperson or Member, as the case may be. IV. Lokpal cannot inquire into the allegations of corruption against a sitting Prime Minister of India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Statement I is wrong because the Act expressly applies to public servants “in and outside India” (s. 1 (3)). Statement II is wrong: while MPs/MLAs are barred, the Chairperson can be the CJI, a sitting/retired SC judge, or an eminent person— not only the CJI. Statement III is wrong as the 2013 Act (read with the 2014 Rules) contains no minimum-age clause after subsequent amendments (the earlier ‘45 years’ provision was deleted). Statement IV is wrong because Lokpal may investigate a sitting Prime Minister on allegations not touching limited exempt areas, with a 2/3 approval of the full bench (s. 14 (1) a, proviso). Hence none of the four statements is fully correct.([legitquest.com](https://www.legitquest.com/act/lokpal-and-lokayuktas-act-2013-amended-upto-2016/27e5))