Delhi HC directs senior-most Information Commissioner to hear pending appeal in absence of CIC [Read the Judgment]

Justice Rajiv Shakdher of the Delhi High Court has directed that the senior-most Information Commissioner can hear a case in the absence of the Chief Information Commissioner.The Court observed, "I am of the view that the present arrangement would lead to a backlog in the disposal of the matters filed before the Central Information Commission. This arrangement will, broadly, jeopardize...