Breaking; SC Registrar cannot be directed under RTI Act to maintain records of period for which JTs are pending after being reserved: Delhi HC DB reverses Single Bench Order [Read Judgment]
A Division Bench of Delhi High court comprising Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath on Wednesday ruled that the SC Registrar cannot be directed under the RTI Act to maintain records relating to period for which judgments remain pending after being reserved.The Court was hearing an appeal filed against an order of the Single Judge dated December 4, 2014, wherein the Court had upheld. A Division Bench of Delhi High court comprising Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath on Wednesday ruled that the SC Registrar cannot be directed under the RTI Act to maintain records relating to period for which judgments remain pending after being reserved. The Court was hearing an appeal filed against an order of the Single Judge dated December 4, 2014, wherein the Court had upheld an order passed by the Central Information Commission to the Registrar, Supreme Court of India, to maintain such records in future. Allowing the appeal and setting aside the order of the Single Judge, the Division Bench of Court observed, “As already noticed above, “right to information” under Section 2 means only the right to information which is held by any public authority.
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