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.
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Citing the notice last year, the bench asked why no counter-affidavit has been filed in over a year
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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.
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