This allegation of the information Commissioners having a pro- establishment slant is best illustrated with a real example of an appeal involving Reliance (RIL) which was decided by a three member bench during the period when the selection of the Chief Commissioner was taking place.
SC ruling on Info Commissioners cheer activists
In a far-reaching judgment, the Supreme Court has at last taken ownership of Information Commissions as being quasi-judicial bodies under itself.
Appointment of CICs and Sushma Swaraj
Documents procured under RTI indicate that the latest batch of Central Information Commissioners (Rajiv Mathur, Vijai Sharma and Basant Seth) were selected by a more transparent process than earlier.
Babus fine-tune art of being selector and candidate
Can the head of a premier administrative selecting agency select himself for a plum post?