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Right to Information Covers Office of Chief Justice of India - High Court

  •   Tue, Jan 12 2010 11:49:38 AM

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday upheld its single bench order that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) comes within the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and details of judges assets should be revealed under that.

A bench comprising Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justices S. Muralidhar and Vikramjeet Sen said: "Higher the judiciary, higher is the accountability towards the public at large".

Emphasising the importance of RTI, the bench said: "RTI has over-reaching impact. Citizens who require such information should not misuse the information, thus saving the independence of (the) judiciary."

 
  

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