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Baba Gangnath Marg, Munirka नई दिल्ली, New Delhi – 110067 नितीय अपील संख्या / Second Appeal No. CIC/SCOFI/A/2023/653287.

Shri. Sudeep Varma K. … अपीलकता/ग Appellant VERSUS/बनाम PIO, …प्रनतवािीगण /Respondent Supreme Court of India.

Date of Hearing : 12.02.2025 Date of Decision : 12.02.2025 Chief Information Commissioner : Shri Heeralal Samariya Relevant facts emerging from appeal:

RTI application filed on : 22.11.2023 PIO replied on : 25.10.2023 First Appeal filed on : 19.10.2023 First Appellate Order on : 26.09.2023 2ndAppeal/complaint received on : 04.12.2023 Information sought and background of the case:

The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 22.11.2023 seeking information on following points:-

“Kindly furnish the following information preferably in an email:

1. Certified copy of affidavit filed by government of Kerala in A.M.

MUHAMMED ALI VERSUS URALUNGAL LABOUR CONTRACT CO OPERATIVE SOCIETY & ORS. on 25-09-2023.

2. Certified copies of pages of latest manual of e-Copying that is related to eligibility and steps for getting e-copy by a person who is not a party to the proceedings (third party).

3. Certified copies of latest form and related affidavits for the application for copy made by person who is not a party to the proceedings.”

The CPIO, Supreme Court of India vide letter dated 25.10.2023 replied as under:-

“Information or copies/certified copies of the judicial record/Judgments/Orders as available on record, can only be obtained by moving an application under Order XIII, of Supreme Court Rules 2013, and other relevant provisions of the said Rules. Supreme Court Rules, 2013 are available on the Supreme Court website viz. www.sci.gov.in and can be accessed/downloaded therefrom. Further you may refer to Chapter XX of Supreme Court of India: Handbook on Practice and Procedure and Office Procedure, 2017 which is available on website viz. www.sci.gov.in under the link "Practice & Procedure". Further, you may, if so advised, refer to Central Information Commission decision in Second Appeal No. CIC/SCOFI/A/2018/631839-BJ dated 24/07/2020 available on the website of the Commission viz. www.cic.gov.in wherein it has been upheld that the information/copies of judicial record can only be accessed through respective Court Rules.

Further, all the judgments of this Hon'ble Court are reported in Law journals and full text of judgments/orders as also case status & other details are also available on the Supreme Court website viz. www.sci.gov.in under the link "Judgments/Daily Orders/Case Status" and can be accessed/searched/downloaded therefrom.

Further, Assistant Registrar, Copying Branch vide letter No.211- RTI/Copying/2023 dated 17/10/2023 (copy enclosed) has also already sent you a suitable reply w.r.t. your application dated 26/09/2023. No further information on the part of CPIO, is called for.”

Dissatisfied with the response received from the CPIO, the Appellant filed a First Appeal dated 19.10.2023. The FAA, Supreme Court of India vide order dated 26.09.2023 stated as under :-

“6) The reply/response sent by CPIO as well as by Assistant Registrar (Copying Branch) are clear and explicit. The appellant is not a party in the matter viz. SLP (C) No. 3033 of 2023. The appellant has already been informed about the procedure he is required to adopt for the purposes of obtaining the relevant certified copies. The procedure cannot be deviated or relaxed in favour of the appellant for any reason. The certified copies/inspection of any case documents cannot be made available under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Further, information about judgments/orders of this Hon'ble Court is available on the website i.e. www.sci.gov.in. The CPIO has rightly guided to the applicant to have access to the information through the website.

7) The requisite information has properly been communicated to the appellant. The reply sent by CPIO is appropriate and does not require any furt