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Friday, March 12, 2010 (15:14:18)
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Law ministry unaware of judges' files: RTI reply

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New Delhi: The law ministry has no list of judges whose files for being elevated to the Supreme Court were returned at least once by the president. Nor is it aware of who might have this information, a reply under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has revealed.

RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal had asked the law and justice ministry for the list of judges whose files for being elevated as judge of Supreme Court or as judge/chief justice of a high court were returned at least once by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

He has also asked for information regarding the names of judges who were ultimately elevated as judge of Supreme Court or as judge/chief justice of the high court after their files for elevation were returned at least once by Rashtrapati Bhavan.

"The CPIO (Central Public Information Officer) informed the applicant that no such list is maintained by this department and therefore no information can be furnished," said Ramesh Abhishek of the justice department in his reply to Agrawal.

"I am not aware of any other public authority who might be having the information sought by the applicant." (IANS)
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