{"id":41725,"date":"2016-02-29T18:50:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T13:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=41725"},"modified":"2016-03-01T04:09:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T22:39:56","slug":"kerala-hc-seeks-records-in-cic-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kerala-hc-seeks-records-in-cic-appointment","title":{"rendered":"Kerala HC seeks records in CIC appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40449\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/kerala-high-court_480.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40449\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40449\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kerala-hc-no-to-plastic-in-sabarimala-irumudi\/kerala-high-court_480\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/kerala-high-court_480.jpg?fit=759%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"759,422\" 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=\"kerala-high-court_480\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/kerala-high-court_480.jpg?fit=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/kerala-high-court_480.jpg?fit=640%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-40449 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/kerala-high-court_480.jpg?resize=300%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kerala HC seeks records in CIC appointment\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/kerala-high-court_480.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/kerala-high-court_480.jpg?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kerala HC seeks records in CIC appointment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Kerala High Court today directed the state government to produce records pertaining to proposed appointment of former DGP Vinson M Paul as Chief Information Commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>The court passed the order on a petition challenging recommendations made by the committee for appointment of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners on the ground that no proecedure was followed by the panel.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Mohammed Mustaq directed the government to produce the file leading to recommendations of the committee under Section 15(3) of RTI Act of Kerala.<\/p>\n<p>Petitioner S Somanathan Pillai alleged that the committee followed no procedure and recommended personnel without assessing the merit of candidates and on political considerations and whims and fancies.<\/p>\n<p>The selection panel, comprising Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Industry Minister P K Kunhalikutty and opposition leader V S Achuthanandan, had met\u00a0last week to shortlist the CIC and five Information Commissioners. 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