State CIC can transfer info commissioners, rules Bombay HC

October 25, 2016 11:01

The Bombay high court has held that the State Chief Information Commissioner has powers under Right to Information Act to transfer state information commissioners from one region to another for the purpose of ensuring that the Commission functions in a smooth manner.

This significant ruling was delivered by a bench headed by Justice V M Kanade, who recently held that the state Chief Information Commissioner has such powers under section 15(4) of RTI Act to transfer State Information Commissioners from one region to another.

The bench was hearing a petition filed by a Pune-based journalist Vijay Kumbhar challenging the transfer of Ravindra Jadhav, state information commissioner posted at Amravati, to another place.

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