CJI office disclosure — scope clarification 2025
Quick Reply: Judicial appointments collegium correspondence is §4[1][b] information; personal disclosures on asset declarations are severable.
Supreme Court of India · 2025-01-28 · 2025 SCC OnLine SC 112
Judicial appointments collegium correspondence is §4[1][b] information; personal disclosures on asset declarations are severable.
Collegium notings are transparent to the extent they concern public-office functioning.
Case details
| Court | Supreme Court of India |
|---|---|
| Decided | 2025-01-28 |
| Citation | 2025 SCC OnLine SC 112 |
| Bench | A, b, h, a, y, , S, ., , O, k, a, ,, , A, u, g, u, s, t, i, n, e, , G, e, o, r, g, e, , M, a, s, i, h, , J, J |
| Petitioner | Subhash Chandra Agarwal |
| Respondent | Secretary General, SC |
| RTI Act sections | §2(h), §8(1)(j) |
| Outcome | Applicant allowed |
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Outcome
Judicial appointments collegium correspondence is §4(1)(b) information; personal disclosures on asset declarations are severable.
Ratio decidendi
Building on the 2019 Constitution-Bench ruling, administrative correspondence of the Chief Justice's office on collegium decisions is part of the public-authority record. Personal asset declarations are severable; functional notings on elevation, transfer and supersession are disclosable subject to §8(2) public-interest balancing.
Keywords
CJI office, collegium, section 2(h), judicial transparency, severability
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