Govt in court trouble over CBI's exemption

June 24, 2011 15:27

The Madras high court today issued a notice to the Union government on a PIL seeking the declaration of a recent notification exempting the Central Bureau of Investigation from the purview of the Right to Information Act as ultra vires of the Constitution.

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