The Supreme Court on Monday criticised the Centre for failing to file a response to a plea on the constitutional validity of the Right to Information (Amendment) Act 2019 which gives power to the government to prescribe tenure, allowances and salary of information commissioners, Live Law reported.
In Monday’s hearing, the Centre sought more time to respond to the plea filed by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh. To this, Justice MR Shah took exception and said: “The notice was issued in January, 2020! What have you been doing? It is a very important matter. What is wrong with you?”
The bench, which also consisted of Justice DY Chandrachud, however, granted two more weeks to the Centre to submit its response.
Ramesh tweeted on Monday saying that he hoped the Centre will take the matter seriously after the court’s comments.
The Modi Govt undermined the sanctity of the RTI Act in 2019 through amendments.
Then when I challenged it in Supreme Court, the Govt failed to respond to…