India's apex human rights body gets about 40 RTI queries a month. But of late, the number has shot up to almost 200. And a lot of them have to do with former chief justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan's assets.  Balakrishnan is chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). "The number ...

[caption id="attachment_8741" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia "][/caption] Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia Sunday said the government can't be expected to provide food, education and healthcare to all but advocated relief to the deprived sections.  Addressing the 17th Commonwealth Law Conference, he said while it was not possible ...

NEW DELHI: In a landmark verdict, the Delhi high court on Tuesday said the Chief Justice of India is a public authority and his office comes within the ambit of the RTI Act as the concept of judicial independence is not judge’s personal privilege but responsibility cast on the person. This is ...