The Supreme Court today sought response from Registrar Generals of all High Courts on the issue of providing information on appointment and transfer of judges under the Right to Information Act.
"We need to have views of the Registrar Generals (RGs) of High Courts as they have been getting applications on the issue," a bench comprising Justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar said while issuing notices to all the RGs.
The court was hearing the appeal filed by the Supreme Court Registry challenging the directions passed against it by the Central Information Commission (CIC) to disclose information on judges appointment to the apex court by superseding seniors.
The apex court had also put on hold the operation of the CIC order directing it to divulge communication between Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and Justice R Raghupathy of Madras High Court on alleged interference by a Union minister in a sub-judice matter.
The court has already issued notice to the RTI applicant on whose plea the CIC has passed the orders.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the RTI applicant, had assailed the decision of the apex court for directly moving before itself by sidelining the Delhi High Court and said the Supreme Court, which favoured the transparency law for others, is stepping back when it comes to itself sending a wrong impression.
