NEW DELHI: Why can’t the office of high constitutional functionaries like Governor come under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Supreme Court asked today.
A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy raised the question during the hearing of a plea file by the Centre challenging a 2011 order of Bombay High Court directing the disclosure of Governor’s report given to the President about the political situation in Goa in 2007.
“Why cannot the office of high constitutional authorities like Governor be brought under the ambit of RTI? There should not be anything to hide,” the bench remarked.
Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar appearing for Centre said a similar petition was pending before the apex court which should also be tagged along with the current petition.
He said a petition relating to disclosure of assets by Chief Justice of India has been referred to a constitution bench and the petition should also be tagged along with it.
To this, the bench said, even Chief Justice should not have any reason to keep the information under the wraps regarding his assets. (AGENCIES)
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