New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- The Supreme Court today fixed October 27 for hearing a public interest litigation (PIL), highlighting the large-scale vacancies in the Central and State Information Commissions under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
The matter was mentioned before a Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi by Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioners.
Bhushan informed the Court that the post of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) is lying vacant, while 8 out of 10 posts of Information Commissioners remain unfilled. As a result, the Central Information Commission is functioning with only two commissioners.
The Court recalled that in January 2025, it had directed the union and state governments to pr...