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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

How do I file an RTI against a session judge? Is it possible?

Babji Yana's answer at Quora on 14th June 2019

RTI Law do not provide for complaining or petitioning or merely asking questions. This regime is for seeking information available with a public authority.
So, an application will have to be addressed to the PIO concerned of the Sessions Court seeking specific information (by paying fee/no fee, if exempted). If the information being sought relates to the personal information of the Sessions Judge, it will be denied quoting Section 8 (1)(j) of the Act “disclosure of which has no relationship to any public activity or interest, or which would cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual unless the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer or the appellate authority, as the case may be, is satisfied that the larger public interest justifies the disclosure of such information”, unless larger public interest is involved.
If the information being sought do not fall under personal information, it will be parted with on payment of prescribed fee towards cost of information.
Beware of sub-judice rule i.e. the case at bar/present case.

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