9 years ago

Delhi HC directs Central Information Commission to start maintaining daily order sheets within six months [Read Order]

In a recent order, Justice Manmohan of Delhi High Court has directed the Central Information Commission to start maintaining daily order sheets within six months.The direction came while disposing the writ petition filed by RK Jain, a renowned authority on indirect taxation, and the Editor of Excise Law Times.In his order, Justice Manmohan held that since the CIC is a quasi-judicial body,. In a recent order, Justice Manmohan of Delhi High Court has directed the Central Information Commission to start maintaining daily order sheets within six months. Jain raised an important question of law on whether the Information Commissioners of CIC, after allowing the appeal during the hearing through video conference on 21 March 2012, could subsequently after a period of more than nine months pass an order, without factoring therein the arguments, submissions and observations made during the hearing or in the Memo of Appeal. Jain cited the Supreme Court’s judgment in the case of Anil Rai v State of Bihar wherein the Court had laid down that the orders should be pronounced within one month of hearing and where the order is not pronounced within three months of hearing, the aggrieved party can approach the court for the rehearing of the case.

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