[Commons-Law] SC refuses to interfere with HC order on RTI fees

[Mahesh T. Pai]

Prashant Iyengar said on Tue, May 06, 2008 at 10:36:36AM +0530,:

 > The NGO in its application filed before the high court in July 2006
 > had sought two details from the court -- number of cases disposed of
 > and information on administration of cases.

It is very unfortunate that  this information has to be sought, rather
than  published. While we  are not  familiar with  facts of  the case,
every  High   Court  (is  supposed  to)  publishes   a  document,  the
"Administrative Report" which contains such details. A separate report
is issued in respect of  every court which is under the administrative
supervision of the HC.

Way back in  1994, I recall seeing  such a report of some  HC in North
India  (sorry,  forgot which),  in  the  library  of the  Kerala  High
Court.  A copy of  this report  was MARKED  TO ONE  OF THE  IVY LEAGUE
universities in the  US of A, and another copy to  a university in the
UK - (Oxford?? I am not sure).

I myself sought such a report of the Kerala HC another couple of years
later, and I  had to specify the reason  (A research project sponsored
by the legal  fraternity and the ILI) and still it  took two weeks for
the  decision. It  is  very  strange that  information  which our  own
citizens have to run from pillar to post to obtain is handed over on a
platter to non-Indian institutions.
 

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