The New Indian Express: Thiruvanathapuram: Tuesday,
October 21, 2014.
The verdict
in the ISRO spy case has raised serious questions about the propriety of State
Chief Information Commissioner Siby Mathews continuing to hold the post.
With back to
back orders from the NHRC and the Kerala High Court, the government can now
take a decision to remove him from holding the statutory post, experts pointed
out. The State Information Commissioners can be removed from the post as per
Section 17 of the Right To Information Act 2005, said former State Information
Commissioner V V Giri. Only the Governor can take action against a Chief
Information Commissioner or Information Commissioner, he further added.
Under Section
17(3)(b) of the RTI Act, the Governor can remove an Information Commissioner by
order if he has been convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the
Governor, involves moral turpitude, V V Giri said.
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