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Supreme Court to unveil portal for RTI information today: CJI DY Chandrachud
CJI Chandrachud is also the chairman of the e-committee, which works towards adoption of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by the judicial system in India.
The Supreme Court's online Right To Information (RTI) portal will be fully operational from today, chief justice DY Chandrachud said Thursday morning.
The portal is expected to make it convenient for people to access information about the court. At present, RTI applications aimed at the Supreme Court have to be filed via post.
The chief justice is also the chairman of the e-committee, which works towards adoption of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by the judicial system in India. One of the committee's primary objectives is to make information easy to access for stakeholders.
Earlier this month the court said that since the portal is 'practically ready for being launched', it was disposing a petition filed by two law students seeking a mechanism to file Right To Information applications about the court online.
The PIL said the committee had provided a mechanism for filing petitions online but did not provide the same when it came to filing of RTI applications.
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In 2019 the court stressed it is 'undebatable' that it is a public authority under the RTI Act as it said the office of the Chief Justice of India would be covered under the ambit of the law.
"The Supreme Court of India, which is a 'public authority', would necessarily include the office of the Chief Justice of India and the judges, in view of Article 124 of the Constitution."
"The office of the Chief Justice or, for that matter the judges, is not separate from the court, and is part and parcel of the Supreme Court as a body, authority and institution," it had held.
With input from PTI
