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Delhi High Court: <\/strong>The Court\u00a0set aside an earlier order of the Central Information Commission declaring ministers in the Union government and all State Governments as public authorities under Section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act, 2005<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Information Commissioner Prof.\u00a0M.\u00a0Sridhar\u00a0Acharyulu had also recommended in his decision that the ministers should be given an official website for suo motu disclosure of information under the Right to Information Act and also said that \u2018oath of secrecy\u2019 should be replaced with \u2018oath of transparency\u2019. The order passed on 12th<\/sup> March, 2016 had also asked the Cabinet Secretary, Chief Secretary of all States and Union Territories (with Legislative Assembly) and the Principal Secretary to the Minister of Law & Justice to file a compliance report within three months. Accordingly, the case was brought before the Hon\u2019ble High Court.<\/p>\n

Setting aside the order, the Single Judge Bench of\u00a0 Vibhu Bakhru,J. held that, \u201c…<\/em>there was no occasion for the CIC to enter upon the question as to whether a Minister is a \u2018public authority\u2019 under Section 2(h) of the Act.\u201d It also said that since the CIC has no jurisdiction whatsoever to decide upon this matter, its order is set aside. [Union of India\u00a0 v. Central Information Commission, 2017 SCC OnLine Del 12144<\/a>, order dated 23.11.2017]<\/p>\n

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