‘Initiate contempt against information commissioner for remarks on SC’, lawyer writes to AG, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] A lawyer has written to the Attorney General of India, R. Venkataramani, seeking his consent to initiate criminal contempt of court proceedings against an information commissioner for making 'scandalous' observations against the Supreme Court.The letter written by advocate-on-record Aldanish Rein alleges that information commissioner Uday Mahurkar of the Central...

Information commissioner, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] The Central Information Commission has said the 1993 Supreme Court order allowing remuneration to imams in mosques was in "violation of the Constitution" and besides setting a "wrong precedent", has become a point of unnecessary political slugfest and social disharmony. Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar, while hearing an RTI application...