'Govt Duty Bound To Make Available To Public Reasonably Priced Hard Copies Of Bare Acts, Rules Etc' : Plea In SC

Radhika Roy

22 May 2020 8:09 PM IST

  • Govt Duty Bound To Make Available To Public Reasonably Priced Hard Copies Of Bare Acts, Rules Etc : Plea In SC

    Allowing private parties to profit out of publishing bare acts results in infringement of citizen's right to know, contends the petitioner.

    The Supreme Court of India has issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation which seeks for directions to the Central Government with respect to their responsibility in publishing and ensuring availability of authentic Bare Acts, Rules et al at a reasonable price.The matter came up before a Bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy, who proceeded...

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