New Delhi, Aug 11 - The Supreme Court Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it was ready to reveal information under the Right to Information Act (RTI) on a complaint against an Allahabad High Court judge.
Attorney General Ghulam E. Vahanvati, appearing for the Supreme Court, made the submission before the high court that although he does not accept the correctness of the Central Information Commission (CIC) judgement in this regard, the information would be provided under the RTI.
The CIC had July 16 held that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) comes within the purview of the transparency law and the apex court is under obligation to reveal the details of action taken on the complaint.
Vahanvati also informed the high court that the July 16 order was based on an earlier CIC judgement which has been challenged in the high court and the verdict is reserved.