J U D G M E N T

SANJIV KHANNA, J.

This judgment would decide the afore-captioned appeals preferred by the Central Public Information Officer (‘CPIO’ for short), Supreme Court of India (appellant in Civil Appeal Nos. 10044 and 10045 of 2010), and Secretary General, Supreme Signature Not Verified Court of India (appellant in Civil Appeal No. 2683 of 2010), against Digitally signed by CHETAN KUMAR Date: 2019.11.14

16:09:32 IST Reason:

the common respondent – Subhash Chandra Agarwal, and seeks Civil Appeal No. 10044 of 2010 & Ors. Page 1 of 108 to answer the question as to ‘how transparent is transparent enough’1 under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (‘RTI Act’ for short) in the context of collegium system for appointment and elevation of judges to the Supreme Court and the High Courts;

declaration of assets by judges, etc.

2. Civil Appeal No. 10045 of 2010 titled Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal arises from an application moved by Subhash Chandra Agarwal before the CPIO, Supreme Court of India on 6th July, 2009 to furnish a copy of the complete correspondence with the then Chief Justice of India as the Times of India had reported that