Verdict bringing CJI under RTI comes 10 years after first plea denied
(WorldNews India)

Wednesday´s Supreme Court judgment bringing the office of the Chief Justice of India under the Right to Information (RTI) Act came on three appeals filed by its Secretary General and Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) against the order of Central Information Commission (CIC) and the Delhi High Court. Advertising The appeals arose from applications by RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agarwal. On July 6, 2009, Agarwal had moved an application before the top court´s CPIO, seeking a copy of the `complete correspondence with then Chief Justice of India as the Times of India had reported that a Union Minister had approached, through a lawyer, Justice R Reghupathi of the High Court of Madras to...