Office Of The CJI And RTI Act- SC Ruling – Economics – Free PDF

Current Affair

•  SC ruling
•  Public Authority

Case

•  3 cases
•  Delhi Based RTI activist

Evolution of case

•  Request- assets and liabilities of SC judges
•  CPIO- CJI not public authority
•  CIC- Disclosure of information
•  Delhi HC- public authority
•  Larger bench- valid
•  SC plea to SC

SC ruling

•  Upheld Delhi HC ruling
•  Dismissed three appeals
•  CJI – public authority
•  Can’t be used as a tool for surveillance
•  Judicial independence

Order- what does it mean???

•  Entertain RTI applications
•  Disclosure of information
•  Not absolute
•  Balance between transparency and independence

Significance

•  Accountability
•  Citizen activism
•  Participative Democracy
•  Greater transparency
•  Other institutions

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