Wednesday 22 June 2016

CIC not competent to bring political parties under RTI: Cong


Three years after six national parties were brought under the ambit of the RTI Act, Congress has asked the Central Information Commission to set aside its 2013 full bench order, saying it is neither a court nor acompetent authority to exercise plenary jurisdiction and the order is "arbitrary and illegal."  The party, whose government opened a new chapter of transparency by enacting Right to Information in 2005, said as
per Section 12 of the RTI Act, the Chief Information Commissioner has only limited powers of superintendence, directions and management of internal affairs of the Central Information Commission.

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