Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com Amid controversy over urgent hearing of bail pleas of journalist Arnab Goswami and some others, a response to an RTI query has revealed that 1,070 pleas for bail and suspension of sentence pending in the Supreme Court as on December 18 last year. Responding to RTI activist Saket Gokhale, the Supreme Court’s Central Public
Source:-https://hwnews.in In crucial information revealed by the Supreme Court in response to an RTI application, the apex court has said that 1072 cases relating to bail and suspension of sentence are pending in the Supreme Court as on December 18, 2020, LiveLaw reported. This includes 931 petitions seeking bail/interim-bail and 141 cases seeking suspension of
Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the office of Chief Justice comes under the transparency law, the Right to Information (RTI) Act, adding that judicial independence cannot be attained by holding back information. ‘Judicial independence and accountability go hand in hand…Transparency strengthens independence,” said Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who heads the five-judge bench.
Source – hindustantimes.com On November 13, the Supreme Court (SC) held that the office of the Chief Justice of India is a public authority, and falls within the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi upheld the 2010 Delhi High Court verdict, and dismissed
Source – hindustantimes.com A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi will rule on Wednesday on whether the CJI’s office is covered by the transparency law, the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The Supreme Court verdict will come on a petition filed by Central Public Information Officer
Source – indianexpress.com On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is a public authority under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and including Justices N V Ramana, D Y Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta, and Sanjiv Khanna, upheld a Delhi High Court
Source – thehindu.com The landmark judgement delivered by the Supreme Court on Wednesday bringing the Chief Justice of India’s (CJI) office under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has former CJIs and former judges divided. While some say it brings in more transparency others are ‘sceptical about the repercussions’. Former CJI T.S. Thakur said, “The
Source – livemint.com High courts of Patna, Delhi and Kerala rank the highest on their compliance of the Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005 according to a recent study by think tank Vidhi Centre for Legal policy. The think tank developed a ‘Convenience Index’ which evaluates the extent to which the RTI Rules framed by
source: hindustantimes.com Following a petition (criminal miscellaneous) filed by a woman draftsman-cum-building inspector over the alleged inaction of the police department against a right to information (RTI) activist allegedly threatening and eve-teasing the inspector, the Punjab and Haryana high court, while disposing of the petition, directed the commissioner of police (CP) Rakesh Agrawal to take action
Source: deccanherald.com An erroneous order by the Karnataka Information Commissioner that limits the RTI provision to three queries per person per year has struck at the heart of the Act, as thousands of applications have been rejected across the state over the last year. The damage is so deep that even after the commission issued
