SC turns down pleato scrutinise CIC picks
New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it does not wish to scrutinise the candidates shortlisted for the appointment of the chief information commissioner as it turned down the plea to examine the dissent note moved by the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha as part of the Selection Committee proceedings chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December last year.
Hearing a petition filed by RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj and two others for timely filling up of posts in the Central Information Commission (CIC) and state information commissions (SIC) where this issue was raised, the court clarified that its purpose is not to hold a trial of the names considered against each post and in any case, the PM-led selection panel...
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