New Delhi, December 9, 2022 (www.justkannada.in): The Hon’ble Supreme Court has dismissed the application submitted under the Right to Information Act, seeking the details of the Collegiums meeting held in 2018, mentioning that the discussion held in the Collegiums cannot be disclosed.
An application was submitted under the RTI Act, requesting details of the Collegium meeting held on December 12, 2018. The RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj had submitted an application seeking the details of the Collegium meeting on recruitment of two judges. The Hon’ble court has dismissed the request. The applicant had questioned it. The Hon’ble Judge is said to have noticed that the applicant had sought the details based on an article published during the interview of the judges who was present in that meeting.
Dismissing the appeal, the Hon’ble Supreme Court has mentioned that the Collegium is a single-member body, and the decisions taken in it cannot be disclosed in public. “Any topic or issue discussed in the Collegiums meeting won’t be in the public domain. Only the final decision should be uploaded. However, discussions held in Collegiums cannot be disclosed,” the Hon’ble SC has said.
