Friday, November 25, 2022

RTI portal to help people access information about Supreme Court operationalised

The Hindu: New Delhi: Friday, 25 November 2022.
The Supreme Court on Thursday launched its online Right to Information (RTI) portal to help people access information about the Supreme Court.
The announcement about the RTI portal, through which people can file applications, was made by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud in his courtroom before his Bench began work for the day.
"Before we start with the mentioning [of cases], I wanted to say that the RTI portal is ready. It will start working in 15 minutes. In case, there are some problems, please bear with us. If there is some problem, get back to me...I will be more than happy to look into it,” the CJI said.
The SC has already made strides in the “open court” system by embracing video conferencing and commencing the live streaming of Constitution Bench hearings.
The portal has been launched even as the Bench headed by the CJI is hearing a plea filed by law students Akriti Agarwal and Lakshya Purohit seeking a mechanism to file RTI applications online in the top court.
(ONLINE RTI PORTAL OF SUPREMECOURT OF INDIA)