New
Delhi:
The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Centre and states to file status
reports on compliance with its 2019 verdict for time-bound filling up of posts
of Information Commissioners at Central Information Commission (CIC) and State
Information Commissions (SICs) under the Right to Information Act.
A
bench headed by Justice S Abdul Nazeer said that the Centre and states will
have to give within four weeks the details of the vacancies at CIC and SICs as
well as the steps taken to fill the posts.
The
top court was hearing the plea of RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj seeking
implementation of the 2019 verdict on appointments to the CIC and SICs under
the Act.
Ms
Bhardwaj has also sought a direction to government authorities on
implementation of the top court's order asking them to appoint information
commissioners within a stipulated time and in a transparent manner.
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