The Delhi High Court has observed that the Right to Information Act, 2005, only specifies the maximum limit of penalty to be imposed on Public Information Officers and the said amount may vary depending on malice and degree of inaction on the officials’ part in not providing the information.Justice Subramonium Prasad said that even though Section 20 of the RTI …
The Delhi High Court has refused to accept the media reports about the statements made by former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur about the Supreme Court collegium meeting held on December 12, 2018, observing that they lack "evidentiary value".It observed that the Courts would be "clearly transgressing their well settled limitations" if cognizance were to be taken of. …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea challenging an order of Central Information Commission denying information sought regarding the decisions taken by the Supreme Court Collegium in a meeting held on December 12, 2018.Justice Yashwant Varma passed the order after reserving it earlier this week. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea challenging an order of …
In response to an application filed under the Right to Information Act seeking details about Supreme Court Justice Arun Mishra's overstay in his official Bungalow, the Supreme Court has revealed that information in this regard cannot be provided as the same are exempt under Section 8 & Section 11 of the RTI Act. The specific query raised in the RTI …
