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Home / India / Supreme Court pulls up Centre for not filing reply on Jairam Ramesh’s plea against amended RTI Act Supreme Court pulls up Centre for not filing reply on Jairam Ramesh’s plea against amended RTI Act The notice was issued in January 2020; it has been a year since then: Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed surprise at the Centre’s failure to file its reply even after being served with a notice on Congress leader Jairam Ramesh’s petition challenging amendments to the Right to Information Act that, he alleges, have diluted the powers of the Information Commission.
SC flags Centre s lack of response on Ramesh s plea against RTI amendment
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Bengaluru: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh addresses during FKCCI Founders Day programme organised by FKCCI, in Bengaluru on Sep 15, 2019. . Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 22 : The Supreme Court on Monday expressed dissatisfaction withh the Centre for not submitting a response for more than a year, on a plea by senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh challenging the 2019 RTI Amendment Act.
A bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and M. R. Shah noted that a notice was issued in the matter in January last year. Advocate Kanu Agarwal, representing the Centre, sought time to file reply. Citing the notice last year, the bench asked why no counter-affidavit has been filed in over a year.
SC fumes over Modi govt s lack of response on plea against RTI Amendment
Citing the notice last year, the bench asked why no counter-affidavit has been filed in over a year
Monday February 22, 2021 10:22 PM, IANS
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed dissatisfaction with the Centre for not submitting a response for more than a year, on a plea by senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh challenging the 2019 RTI Amendment Act.
A bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and M. R. Shah noted that a notice was issued in the matter in January last year. Advocate Kanu Agarwal, representing the Centre, sought time to file reply. Citing the notice last year, the bench asked why no counter-affidavit has been filed in over a year.