The Indian Express: Mumbai:
Saturday, 15 August 2020.
The BMC
filed its response to a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and
Justice Surendra P Tavade, which was hearing a PIL filed by advocate Mayur
Faria, who had sought directions to the BMC for online hearing of RTI appeals.
The
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday told the Bombay High Court
that as a temporary arrangement during the Covid-19 pandemic, it will provide
facilities for hearing appeals filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act
through virtual platforms to appellants.
The BMC
filed its response to a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and
Justice Surendra P Tavade, which was hearing a PIL filed by advocate Mayur
Faria, who had sought directions to the BMC for online hearing of RTI appeals,
while contending that the civic body was asking appellants to physically appear
and argue before the competent authority.
The HC
on July 31 had directed BMC to consider video conference facilities to hear
such appeals.
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