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?

1. A

   III only

   III only. Section 3(2)(b) of the Lokpal Act: forty-five years on assuming office.

2. B

   II and III

   II and III. II fails: a former CJI, a current or former SC judge, or an eminent person may chair — not ‘only the CJI’. MPs are barred, but that does not save the whole of II.

3. C

   I and IV

   I and IV. I fails: the Act covers public servants in and outside India. IV fails: a sitting Prime Minister can be inquired into, with a full-bench filter.

4. D

   None of the above statements is correct

   None of the above. III holds.

Summary. Official key is (a) III only. A Lokpal chairperson or member must be at least forty-five. Jurisdiction covers public servants abroad, a non-CJI can chair, and a sitting PM can be inquired into under the Act — so I, II and IV fail. (d) is none.