A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will decide whether information pertaining to the appointment and transfer of judges, and details of their assets falls under the ambit of the Right to Information Act. A 3-judge Bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Prafulla C Pant and AM Khanwilkar, today referred to a Constitution Bench, appeals filed by Central Public information Officer (CPIO), of Supreme Court against decisions of the Central Information Commission (CIC) and the Delhi High Court. The case has its genesis in RTI applications filed by activist Subhash Chandra Agarwal. In one RTI request, Agarwal had sought information with respect to the appointment […]
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