"Not An Option": Supreme Court Tells Information Commissions To Go Hybrid
NDTV
The Supreme Court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to the SICs and the Central Information Commission to function in a hybrid mode.
The Supreme Court, in a big push for Right to Information (RTI), directed all State Information Commissions (SICs) to provide litigants an option to file their complaints and appeals online and give them a hybrid mode for the hearing of their cases under the RTI Act, 2005.
The Supreme Court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to the SICs and the Central Information Commission to function in a hybrid mode.
The petitioner's counsel said that in some states one has to travel far to be present during a court hearing. "There is a fee of Rs 10 to attend but they have to spend thousands of rupees to travel," he said.