After politicians and judges of Supreme Court, now the assets of babus have been prised open to public scrutiny. In a landmark order, the Central Information Commission has said that disclosure of information such as assets of a public servant, routinely collected by the public authority, should be made available to the public under the Right to Information Act. Passing the order in a case involving an officer with the...
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“RTI Act can’t question judicial order”
The Supreme Court on Monday held that the Right to Information Act cannot be used by a litigant to question the basis or correctness of a judicial order. A Bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice B.S. Chauhan dismissed a special leave petition filed by a litigant Khanapuram Gandaiah against a judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court rejecting the plea for giving reasons for the judicial order under...
More »Can’t use RTI to question judge’s verdict: SC by Krishnadas Rajagopal
The Supreme Court on Monday said the Right to Information Act would not be used to question the intention of a judge for giving a particular verdict. A judge need not furnish reasons under the RTI on why he chose to give this verdict and not another, noted a Division Bench headed by Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan. “He (a judge) cannot go on explaining his judgments. The...
More »RTI Act being used to dislodge CIC himself
Ironically, the Right to Information (RTI) Act is being used to unseat Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Wajahat Habibullah himself. Using documents got using the Act, Mumbai-based RTI activist Girish Mittal on Monday served a legal notice on the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Ministry of Personnel & Grievances (DoPT) saying that Habibullah, whose resignation is still hanging fire, is being accorded preferential treatment and that he should be relieved...
More »Water project: all-party team for Delhi
Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Thursday said he would lead an all-party delegation to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on January 13 to exert pressure for the clearance of the Kalasa-Banduri drinking water project, envisaged to meet the drinking water needs of Hubli-Dharwad and surrounding areas. Speaking to presspersons here, the Chief Minister said he had discussed the decision of the Union Government to set up a tribunal...
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