What's The Use Of Creating An Institution If Persons Aren't There?' Supreme Court On Vacancies In Information Commissions https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-vacancies-in-central-state-information-commissions-rti-act-data-called-on-appointment-selection-process-timelines-pendency-280204 Debby Jain 7 Jan 2025 While deprecating the continuing prevalence of vacancies in Central/State Information Commissions, the Supreme Court today called on the Union and states to furnish data regarding
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/what-use-of-rti-if-no-people-to-work-for-it-supreme-court-asks-centre-states/article69072175.eceappointments and selection process for the Information Commissions (including proposed timelines) as well as total pendency of cases/appeals before them.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed... Justice Surya Kant noted that the Central Information Commission (CIC) has eight vacancies in the posts of the Information Commissioners, with 23,000 pending appeals filed by citizens seeking information from various government departments. Several Information Commissions in States have been defunct since 2020, and some have stopped accepting petitions under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.