Karnataka Lokayukta
| Karnataka Lokayukta Karnāṭaka Lōkāyukta | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1984 |
| Employees | 1403 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction) | India |
| Operations jurisdiction | India |
| Legal jurisdiction | Karnataka |
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| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Multi Storied Building, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Veedhi, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 560001 |
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| Website | |
| lokayukta.kar.nic.in | |
Karnataka Lokayukta is the ombudsman institution of the Indian state of Karnataka. It was established in 1984 to investigate and report on corruption in the Government of Karnataka and to redress public grievances related to state government employees. This Lokayukta that was once considered the most powerful such institution in the state. However, it was stripped of its investigative powers before transferring them to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Karnataka Police directly under the Chief Minister of Karnataka in 2016. The High Court of Karnataka dissolved ACB and restored all the ongoing cases to the Karnataka Lokayukta in 2022.