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Delhi High Court reserves order on whether CJI's office comes under RTI
PTI 13 November 2009, 05:07pm IST
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court reserved its verdict on an appeal
filed by the Supreme Court challenging its order which had held that
office of
Chief Justice of India comes within the purview of Right to
Information Act and details of judges' assets should be revealed.
A full bench comprising Chief Justice A P Shah and Justices S
Muralidhar and Vikramjeet Sen reserved its order after two days of
arguments.
Appearing for the Supreme Court registry, Attorney General Goolam E
Vahanvati contended the resolution regarding assets declaration by
judges was non-statutory, non-binding and it could not force a judge
to declare assets to the Chief Justice.
The Attorney General said the High Court single judge had erred in
declaring that the office of CJI comes within the ambit of the RTI Act
and had interpreted the provisions of the Act too broadly which was
"unnecessary" and "illogical".
"The resolution was meant for self-regulatory purposes and it cannot
be binding," he said.
The High Court had in its September 2 verdict on the controversial
issue held that the CJI was a public authority and his office came
within the purview of the transparency law.
The judgement was contrary to the stand taken by CJI K G Balakrishnan
who had consistently been maintaining that his office is beyond the
purview of the RTI.
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