New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reserved judgment on a batch of appeals filed by itself, opposing revelation of the information pertaining to judges appointment & assets of judges under the RTI Act, 2005.
During the hearing, Advocate Prashant Bhushan argued that the non-disclosure of documents related to judges will do more harm to public interest.
He also pointed out that the people should know which agency is saying what about the candidates under consideration for the appointment.
Bhushan further argued that it would be a case of hypocrisy if the Apex Court doesn't allow disclosure of information pertaining to judges appointment.
He further added how could the Court ask other authorities to reveal information when it cannot disclose information pertaining to its own affairs.
Meanwhile, Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi told Bhushan, "Attorney General, KK Venugopal who was representing SC in the matter had in mind that full disclosure would be counterproductive and might cause harm to the institution. We have noticed many good candidates are withdrawing their consent for judgeship due to this fear of information coming out harming their reputation."
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