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CIC directive to Law Ministry on RTI plea

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Union Law Ministry to furnish details of the reply sent by Additional Solicitor-General A.S. Chandiok in response to a show-cause issued for his appearance in the Delhi High Court on behalf of the North Delhi Power Ltd. (NDPL), a private company.

Rights activist Subash Chandra Agrawal, on the basis of media reports about Mr. Chandiok's appearance for a private party and the show-cause notice issued to him, approached the Law Ministry seeking to know whether the ASG had sent his reply, and if so, to furnish the same. Further, during the farewell of Justice S.N. Aggarwal, a sitting judge of the Delhi High Court, who was transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Mr. Chandiok had reportedly questioned the judges transfer policy and the Centre issued a show-cause notice to him and details were sought on this aspect also.

With the Law Ministry declining to give the details, the RTI activist approached the CIC, which directed the Ministry to provide the following information to Mr. Agrawal — copies of replies received from Mr. Chandiok to the two show-cause notices and the reply if any sent by the Ministry to these letters in four weeks.