CIC to Now Deal With COVID-19 Related Cases Under Life or Liberty Clause Within 48 Hours
The decision comes in the wake of a Madras high court direction which asked the panel to deal with such issues under Section 7 (1) of the RTI Act.
People stand in queue to visit a doctors clinic to get a medical certificate, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, at Dharavi in Mumbai, Sunday, May 3, 2020. Photo: PTI
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The Central Information Commission (CIC) has in a significant decision decided to âaccord precedenceâ to matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic âdepending on the facts and circumstance of the caseâ. With this the panel has fulfilled a major demand of RTI activists who had been seeking early hearings in issues related to the control and treatment of the novel coronavirus.