Supreme Court CPIO seeking adjournment at CIC

The Supreme Court central public information officer seeking adjournment at Central Information Commission Court till disposal of its appeal at Delhi High Court on eight pending petitions relating to Honourable Chief Justice raises several aspects.

CJ: SUBHASH CHANDRA..

Wed, Oct 28, 2009 14:32:14 IST

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Right to Information Act India :

INDEFINITE ADJOURNMENT sought by central public information officer of Supreme Court till disposal of its appeal at Delhi High Court on eight pending petitions on information relating to Honourable Chief Justice of India raises several aspects:

Can simply filing of an appeal (that too without getting any stay-order) in a case involving CIC-verdict put complete Right to Information Act on hold?
Is filing an appeal at division bench against single-bench verdict equivalent to a refused stay-order by the higher bench?
Can simply a mention of a writ-petition (288/2009) in a petition (CIC/WB/A/2008/000859) put all the eight petitions on hold indefinitely especially also when this mention of the writ-petition is only in one petition (CIC/WB/A/2008/000859) for which a separate notice for hearing is issued while combined notice for hearing for other seven petitions is different.
A division bench of Honourable Supreme Court observed against adjournment-culture by mention that many-a-times petitioners seek stay-orders on filing a writ/appeal and drag the case for years with many-a-times ultimately losing the case even.
Central Information Commission usually proceeds with hearings overlooking adjournment-requests like was done in petition-number CIC/AT/A/2008/00736 in the matter (Subhash Chandra Agrawal vs Department of Justice).
There are several issues of national importance in these petitions fixed for hearing, which may lose relevance if hearing is postponed.
Central Information Commission has an admirable practice of not entertaining adjournment-requests which otherwise has become a culture in our courts for which concern is being expressed by even those in judicial-system.

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