<p>The Supreme Court on Friday said only the final decision and not the discussions of Collegium meetings could be made public under the Right to Information Act.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar rejected a plea by activist Anjali Bhardwaj seeking a direction to disclose the details of a 2018 Collegium meeting, in which the decisions were taken to elevate two High Court Chief Justices to SC.</p>.<p>"The discussions within the Collegium system cannot be put in public domain through RTI as these discussions do not assume the character of a final decision of the multi-member body resulting in passing resolution," the bench said in its judgement.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/collegium-is-law-of-the-land-comments-against-it-not-very-well-taken-sc-tells-centre-1169836.html"><strong>Also read: 'Collegium is law of the land, comments against it not very well taken,' SC tells Centre</strong></a></p>.<p>The court said the plea by Bhardwaj is based on comments by an ex-Collegium member on a decision taken to elevate two High Court Chief Justices. </p>.<p>It said the ex-judge's remark has no relevance as discussions are not Collegium's decision.</p>.<p>The petitioner, led by advocate Prashant Bhushan, contended that the appointment of judges in the Supreme Court and High Court should be made in a transparent manner in order to generate public trust.</p>.<p>"Whatever is discussed in Collegium need not be in public domain. Only final resolution is required to be published,” the bench said.</p>.<p>Bhardwaj had filed a petition seeking a direction to get the agenda, minutes and resolution of SC Collegium meeting of December 12, 2018, under the RTI Act.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Friday said only the final decision and not the discussions of Collegium meetings could be made public under the Right to Information Act.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar rejected a plea by activist Anjali Bhardwaj seeking a direction to disclose the details of a 2018 Collegium meeting, in which the decisions were taken to elevate two High Court Chief Justices to SC.</p>.<p>"The discussions within the Collegium system cannot be put in public domain through RTI as these discussions do not assume the character of a final decision of the multi-member body resulting in passing resolution," the bench said in its judgement.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/collegium-is-law-of-the-land-comments-against-it-not-very-well-taken-sc-tells-centre-1169836.html"><strong>Also read: 'Collegium is law of the land, comments against it not very well taken,' SC tells Centre</strong></a></p>.<p>The court said the plea by Bhardwaj is based on comments by an ex-Collegium member on a decision taken to elevate two High Court Chief Justices. </p>.<p>It said the ex-judge's remark has no relevance as discussions are not Collegium's decision.</p>.<p>The petitioner, led by advocate Prashant Bhushan, contended that the appointment of judges in the Supreme Court and High Court should be made in a transparent manner in order to generate public trust.</p>.<p>"Whatever is discussed in Collegium need not be in public domain. Only final resolution is required to be published,” the bench said.</p>.<p>Bhardwaj had filed a petition seeking a direction to get the agenda, minutes and resolution of SC Collegium meeting of December 12, 2018, under the RTI Act.</p>