As the CJI. The CJI is a "competent authority" and not a "public authority". The documents are in his custody as head of the family for use in resolving their family disputes in case of need. These do not constitute "records" of the SC as they are copies of private records entrusted to the CJI by his brother judges.
--- In [email protected], "Rakesh Agarwal" <rak...@...> wrote: > > Records submitted to him in what capacity? > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of sroy1947 > Sent: 12 January 2009 11:37 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [rti_india] Re: Remarks from CJI on CIC decision > > > > The CJI obviously knows the legislative mandate better than silly > little RTI activists. The CJI's view is that the concerned records are > submitted to him and not to the SC (which is the public authority). > > In any case the CIC and SC are tangoing on this one, because the CIC > is equally concerned that their own asset disclosure and > qualifications (to be an IC) are not available to citizens in RTI. >
