MANMOHAN, J.

1. Present writ petition has been filed challenging the decision of the Central Information Commission (for short "CIC"), dated 11th May, 2011 passed in Appeal No. CIC/SM/A/2011/000237. The CIC vide the impugned order allowed the appeal of the respondent and directed the Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court of India (for short "CPIO") to answer the queries 1 to 7 raised by the said respondent in his application dated 20 April, 2010. The CIC also directed the CPIO to provide information pertaining to a judicial matter in which the respondent himself was a party, i.e. in Special Leave Petition (C) No. 8219-8220 of 2010 and was represented by a lawyer. The relevant portion of the impugned order is reproduced here-in-below:-

"In view of the foregoing arguments, this Commission respectfully disagrees with the decision of the then Chief Information Commissioner that the PIO, Supreme Court may choose to deny the information sought under the RTI Act and ask an applicant to apply for information under Order XII of the SC Rules.

This Bench further rules that all citizens have the right to access information under Section 3 of the RTI Act and PIOs shall provid