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2014 (1) TMI 1601 - CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSIONRequest for information - Delay in providing information - Held that:- All that the Appellant wants to know is about the number of cases reserved for orders in which no order has been passed even after a lapse of two months or more. This is plain factual information. As admitted by the CPIO himself in his reply, there is a practice followed in the High Court under which the Court Masters are supposed to compile such lists to be furnished to the Chief Justice of the High Court every month. Thus, this information should be available not only with the Court Masters but also in the office of the Chief Justice. Even if it is admitted that the office of the Chief Justice may not be compiling and collating such data received from the Court Masters, it should suffice if photocopies of the reports furnished by the Court Masters are provided to the Appellant. Besides, the disclosure of such information would serve a larger public interest as the litigating public would come to know about the time being taken by the High Court in finally disposing of the cases. It is well-known that the pendency of cases before the courts is one of the major concerns among the people - it would suffice if this information is provided for a period of two years only preceding the date of the RTI application. However, if a cumulative list of such pending reserved orders in the High Court is being compiled anywhere in the High Court including the office of the Chief Justice, it would also suffice to provide a copy of that to the Appellant - Decided in favour of appellant.
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