RTI MATTER/ Most Urgent September 2, 2009
To The Public Information Officer, O/o the President of India, New Delhi Subject: Request for information within 48 hours as per section 7 (1) of the RTI Act. References: 1. 34th report on the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (salaries and Conditions of Service) amendment bill, 2008 prepared by the parliament committee headed by Dr. E.M. S. Natchiappan, Rajya Sabha M.P. and subsequently passed by Parliament of India. 2. Five new vacancies of Supreme Court judges created recently. 3. Selection of five Supreme Court judges through collegium based system. Dear Sir, It has been in newspapers that SC panel is proceeding with the collegium based selection process for filling the newly created five positions. Whereas, the parliament committee headed by Dr. E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan, Rajya Sabha M.P., recommended 'scrapping of the present procedure for appointment of judges' and the same was subsequently approved by Parliament of India on 18th February 2009. So, it appears that CJI is not honoring the recommendations approved by parliament regarding the selection of the Judges earlier this year. Please provide the complete information (scope and definition of 'information' is same as given in RTI act 2005) in respect of the following; 1. Information pertaining to the on-going collegium based selection of five new Supreme Court Judges 2. Information pertaining to the reason as why Chief Justice of India is not honoring / adhering to the recommendations passed by Parliament. 3. Information pertaining to the hasty action in the selecting the judges prior to appointment of Judicial Commission as per the recommendation passed by Parliament. 4. Copies of the letters or petitions or any submissions received for stopping the Chief Justice headed collegiums from making the selection of supreme court judges. 5. Information pertaining to appointment of Judicial Commission as parliament's recommendations. Please supply this information with 48 hours because wrong selection of Judge poses a threat to life and Liberty. So, this information would require response as per section 7(1) of RTI act. Please supply the requested information in CD diskette as per the RTI act. The requisite fee of 10/- is attached in the shape of IPO with this application. I will be very thankful to you. Yours Truly, Gurmeet Singh #14/6, Third floor, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi - 08 011-25883286 PS: IPO of Rs.10/- towards application fee will follow through post. _____ See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz <http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_buzz_1/*http:/in.buzz.yahoo.com/> . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
