SEAnews 2016-06-06 ArtNo.45760

【New Delhi】The Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued fresh notices to the chiefs of all the six national parties for not responding to Right to Information (RTI) queries on their functioning, finances and other issues.
　The fresh notices are issued to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi , the BJP president, president/general secretary of NCP and BSP and general secretaries of CPI (M) and CPI.
　In the Full Bench hearing scheduled on June 20, CIC has clubbed cases of 17 RTI applicants of similar nature, including activist R K Jain.
　"Take notice that the above complaints/appeals (copy enclosed for the respondents) in respect of RTI requests filed by the aforesaid complainants/appellants have been listed for hearing before a Full Bench of this Commission comprising Information Commissioners M Sridhar Acharyulu, Sudhir Bhargava and Bimal Julka...," the notice said.
　The CIC is the final appellate authority in RTI matters whose decisions can be challenged through writ petitions in High Courts. No political party has approached the constitutional courts challenging the order of the CIC so far.
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Fresh CIC notice to political parties chiefs over RTI on finances

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