<p>The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the CBI to disclose the complaints received against Supreme Court and High Court judges, including former Chief Justice of India Y K Sabharwal, to an information seeker under the RTI Act.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra asked the CBI to reveal the follow up actions on complaints, including file notings.<br /><br />The decision of the apex transparency panel came on an appeal by noted RTI activist Subhash C Agrawal.<br /><br />In three separate orders passed on Tuesday, the Commission directed disclosure of all the information within 10 days. To Agrawal’s queries, the CBI replied that it had received complaints against some judges but all of them were closed as there was nothing substantial in them.<br /><br />With regard to the complaint against Justice Sabharwal, the CBI said that it had been forwarded to different branches of the probe agency for appropriate action.<br />The probe agency had denied information on the final action taken on those complaints.<br /><br />“We find no reason why such information should not be disclosed. Therefore, we now direct the Chief Public Information Officer (CPIO) to provide to the appellant within 10 working days of receiving this order, the photocopies of the file noting relating to the examination of the complaints against some of the judges and the decision to close those complaints, as claimed by the CPIO in his reply.”<br /><br />No reason to hide<br /><br />“In respect of the complaints against the then Chief Justice of India, we direct the CPIO either to collect the information from their respective branches and inform the appellant about the status of those complaints at present or transfer the RTI requests to the CPIOs of the relevant branches to respond to the appellant directly within the same period of 10 working days of receiving this order, clearly stating the present status of those complaints,” Mishra said.<br /><br />Among other things, Agrawal had sought detailed information relating to documents, file-notings, correspondence etc., on the case forwarded to CBI by the Central Vigilance Commission regarding a complaint against Justice Sabharwal made by senior advocate Prashant Bhushan on November 26, 2007. <br /><br />In another order, the CIC directed the CBI to provide details of disproportionate assets cases registered by the probe agency against public servants for the period for which the information was centrally available.</p>
<p>The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the CBI to disclose the complaints received against Supreme Court and High Court judges, including former Chief Justice of India Y K Sabharwal, to an information seeker under the RTI Act.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra asked the CBI to reveal the follow up actions on complaints, including file notings.<br /><br />The decision of the apex transparency panel came on an appeal by noted RTI activist Subhash C Agrawal.<br /><br />In three separate orders passed on Tuesday, the Commission directed disclosure of all the information within 10 days. To Agrawal’s queries, the CBI replied that it had received complaints against some judges but all of them were closed as there was nothing substantial in them.<br /><br />With regard to the complaint against Justice Sabharwal, the CBI said that it had been forwarded to different branches of the probe agency for appropriate action.<br />The probe agency had denied information on the final action taken on those complaints.<br /><br />“We find no reason why such information should not be disclosed. Therefore, we now direct the Chief Public Information Officer (CPIO) to provide to the appellant within 10 working days of receiving this order, the photocopies of the file noting relating to the examination of the complaints against some of the judges and the decision to close those complaints, as claimed by the CPIO in his reply.”<br /><br />No reason to hide<br /><br />“In respect of the complaints against the then Chief Justice of India, we direct the CPIO either to collect the information from their respective branches and inform the appellant about the status of those complaints at present or transfer the RTI requests to the CPIOs of the relevant branches to respond to the appellant directly within the same period of 10 working days of receiving this order, clearly stating the present status of those complaints,” Mishra said.<br /><br />Among other things, Agrawal had sought detailed information relating to documents, file-notings, correspondence etc., on the case forwarded to CBI by the Central Vigilance Commission regarding a complaint against Justice Sabharwal made by senior advocate Prashant Bhushan on November 26, 2007. <br /><br />In another order, the CIC directed the CBI to provide details of disproportionate assets cases registered by the probe agency against public servants for the period for which the information was centrally available.</p>
