{"id":21842,"date":"2012-07-18T12:42:12","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T07:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=21842"},"modified":"2012-07-18T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T07:12:12","slug":"rti-rules-row-sc-seeks-alld-hc-registry-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rti-rules-row-sc-seeks-alld-hc-registry-response","title":{"rendered":"RTI Rules Row: SC seeks Alld HC registry response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Supreme Court<\/strong> <\/span>on Tuesday sought the <span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Allahabad High Court<\/strong><\/span> Registry&#8217;s response on a PIL challenging the provisions of<span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> RTI<\/strong><\/span> rules framed by it for divulging information to the public as being unconstitutional and ultra-vires of the 2005 transparency law.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0A bench of <span style=\"color: #800000; 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