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New Delhi, May 10:
Amidst a controversy over even bringing judiciary under the purview of RTI Act, Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan on Saturday said the queston was "debatable." In a way the Chief Justice appeared to disagree with the view of a Parliamentary Standing Committee that barring the judicial decision-making, the judges are are accountable under the RTI Act.
"It's all debatable," the CJI told NDTV in response to question in the context of the committee's views. The Chief Justice however, acknowledged that judges are "public servants". He had earlier said that judges being Constitutional authorities were not covered under the RTI Act. In recent times there has been a concerted demand including from jurists that judges should be covered by the RTI Act.
The demand followed rejection of an RTI applicant's query by the Supreme Court registry on the issue of disclosure of assets by members of the higher judiciary. The CJI had also stated that at the time of being appointed or elevated the judges of the High Courts and Supreme Court disclose their assets to him in a sealed cover and also keep him posted of any addition to their assets.
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