Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 392 · Decided 13 September 2012
Namit Sharma v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 392 · [2013] 13 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 210/2012
- Decided
- 13 September 2012
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, SWATANTER KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 226, 32; RTI Act
Headnote
Right to Information Act, 2005: A 8 ss. 12(5), (6) and 15(5), (6) - Appointment to the post of c Chief Information Commissioners and Information Commissioners at Central as well as State Level - Eligibility criteria - Constitutional validity of - Held: The provisions of ss. 12(5) and 15(5) a rider that the court will have to read into the provisions that the expression 0 'knowledge and experience' would mean and include a basic degree in the field and the experience gained thereafter - The provisions ulss. 12(6) and 15(6) are vague, have no nexus with the object of the Act and
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