Staff Reporter / New Delhi
The Supreme Court today said, office of Chief Justice of India is a public authority under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi pronounced its verdict after listening to a petition filed against a 2010 Judgement of the Delhi High Court.
The High Court in its order had declared the CJI’s office a public authority and said that it should come under the RTI Act.
The five-judge Constitution bench also including Justices N V Ramana, D Y Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna gave this verdict.