News Source: The Hindustan Times
| 2 months ago
Hearing the case, first to be heard by a high court involving the Supreme Court, Justice S. Ravindra Bhat said “the CJI is a public authority under the RTI Act and is covered under the provisions of the Act”. Jurists led by three former Chief...
News Source: Telegraph India
| 3 months ago
New Delhi, Sept. 2: Delhi High Court today said the office of the Chief Justice of India was a public authority under the transparency law and would have to disclose any information it holds, including judges assets, except maybe for their...
News Source: Indian Express
| 3 months ago
Whenever I enter the courtroom, I do so with the deep sense that, as I sit at trial, I stand on trial, Justice S Ravindra Bhatt of the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday, ruling that the Chief Justice of India was a public authority obliged to...
News Source: Daily News & Analysis
| 3 months ago
Rakesh Bhatnagar / DNA Thursday, September 3, 2009 2:56 IST New Delhi: Thanks to its earlier timidity on the disclosure of judges' assets, the Supreme Court finds itself in a piquant situation where a high court has ruled against it.
News Source: Hindu
| 3 months ago
The CJI is a public authority under the RTI Act and the CJI holds the information pertaining to asset declarations in his capacity as Chief Justice; that office is a ‘public authority’ under the Act and is covered by its provisions.