Contempt notice to CIC Habibullah On Friday, Supreme Court has issued notice to India's Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah on a criminal contempt petition filed by the Union of India and mentioned by attorney general GE Vahanavati.
http://www.merinews.com/article/contempt-notice-to-cic-habibullah/15790132.shtml THE SUPREME Court on Friday (December 4), issued notice to India's Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah on a criminal contempt petition filed by the Union of India and mentioned by attorney general GE Vahanavati. The petition alleges that publication of two controversial decisions on the website of the Central Information Commission lowers the dignity of the court and interferes in the administration of justice. The petition also alleges that the two CIC decisions were in fact written by Prashant Bhushan advocate for the appellant one Subhash Chandra Agrawal. The contempt petition goes on to state that the appellant Subhash Chandra Agrawal is a professional information seeker fronting for a coterie of Supreme Court advocates styled as ‘Committee for Judicial Accountability’ seeking to promote a few candidates for judgeship and the CIC is collaborating with busybodies bent on tarnishing the court's image. Habibullah has now decided to stay on as chief information commissioner to answer these charges levied against him in his personal capacity. The Supreme Court had decided to take the unusual step of staying the CIC's orders directed against it for the reason that Agrawal's right to information (RTI) appeal had raised queries concerning the passing over of Chief Justice AP Shah of the Delhi High Court who is himself hearing a previous matter of Agrawal's in the Delhi High Court versus the apex court. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rti_india/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rti_india/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
