A portal for filing RTI applications to help people access information about the Supreme Court was operationalised today.
At the outset of the hearing, the Chief Justice of India, who was sharing the bench with Justices Hima Kohli and JB Pardiwala, said the portal will start functioning soon.
"Before we start with the mentioning (of cases), I wanted to say that the RTI portal is ready. It will start working in 15 minutes. In case, there are some problems, please bear with us. If there is some problem, get back to me...I will be more than happy to look into it," the CJI said.
The bench headed by the CJI had been hearing a plea filed by law students Akriti Agarwal and Lakshya Purohit seeking a mechanism to file RTI applications online in the top court.
Earlier, the CJI, while hearing the plea on November 11, had said that the portal was "practically ready" for launch.
The online portal will streamline responses of the Supreme Court under the Right to Information Act.
Earlier, RTI applications with respect to the top court were being filed through post only.
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