{"id":11545,"date":"2011-06-09T16:06:52","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T10:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=11545"},"modified":"2011-06-09T16:06:52","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T10:36:52","slug":"rti-query-on-assets-of-former-cji-balakrishnan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rti-query-on-assets-of-former-cji-balakrishnan","title":{"rendered":"RTI query on assets of former CJI Balakrishnan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/rti.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11546\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rti-query-on-assets-of-former-cji-balakrishnan\/rti-9\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/06\/rti.jpg?fit=440%2C316&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"440,316\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rti\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/06\/rti.jpg?fit=150%2C107&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/06\/rti.jpg?fit=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11546\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/rti.jpg?resize=295%2C186&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a>A Right to Information (RTI) appeal was been filed Thursday seeking complete detail of assets and income of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Justice K.G. Balakrishnan during the period 2006-2011.<\/p>\n<p>RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agarwal filed his appeal before Joint Secretary J.P. 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