Difficult to answer RTI queries regarding judgements: SC

Source:18 Mar 2010, 2030 hrs IST, PTI
   
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said its 

officials handling RTI matters cannot be expected to

answer queries relating to judgements
passed by it because of "limited resources" available with them.

"As far as the Central Public Information Officer is concerned, it may be very difficult to comment on a decision or give a report whether a thing has been done in a judgement or not. It is the job of a lawyer".

"The CPIO may not be in the best position to actually understand the import of the decision," counsel for Supreme Court Devdutt Kamat said during a hearing at Central Information Commission.

He said, "CPIO has limited resources and limited infrastructure. Under the RTI regime, whatever is available in the registry, definitely, he will give but if this request is allowed we are going to land in lot of problems".

Kamat submitted before the Commission that if information sought by any RTI applicant is in the "possession" of the registry of the apex court, it will definitely be given.

"But information as far as judgement is concerned. What is a judgement, what is the import of a judgement, what are the directions given in a judgement? That advice is best appropriate to be left to a lawyer," he said.
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