Hyderabad, Sept. 19 -- The Telangana High Court on Thursday, September 18, pulled up the State Information Commission for directing a petitioner to appear for the hearing of 404 RTI appeals on a single day.

The court stated that while disposing of cases quickly is important, it is impractical to expect hundreds of appeals to be heard simultaneously.

Judge calls move 'unreasonable'

Justice T Madhavi Devi observed that such a move was unreasonable and set aside the Commission's notice.

The petition was filed at the Telangana High Court by RTI activist V Shyam, who had submitted 404 appeals before the Commission after allegedly not receiving proper replies to his applications.

The Commission issued a notice on September 11, asking him t...