Deccan Herald: Bangalore: Saturday, January 25, 2014.
Chief
Information Commissioner A K M Nayak was on Friday cornered by RTI activists,
who levelled a series of allegations against him and the functioning of the
Karnataka Information Commission (KIC).
The public
outrage was witnessed after an alleged attempt by an RTI applicant, Rajiv
Kulkarni, to immolate himself in front of a KIC court on Nrupatunga Road near
Mythic Society, recently. He had reportedly come all the way from Bidar. But
his hopes were dashed when he did not get any relief from the KIC.
Advocate S
Umapathi, who led a group of angry RTI activists, nearly pushed Nayak to the
wall, counting his faults. “You come to the court not before 12.30 pm, whereas
the timing scheduled is 11 am. You hear cases till 1.30 pm or 2 pm, and not
after lunch. You earn Rs 1.5 lakh, apart from perks and other allowances, not
to spend one-and-a-half hour in the Commission,” alleged Umapathi.
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