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2016 (1) TMI 1377 - HC - Indian LawsRTI application - The Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of the Supreme Court of India had not provided the information on the ground that it was not available in that form. - The specific case of the CPIO is that no data is maintained by the Registry in the manner as sought for by the applicant. However, the contention of the respondent No.1 is that if such information has not been maintained in the past, a direction can be given for compiling of such information in future so as to enable the public to have the information about the pending cases. Held that:- On a combined reading of Section 4(1)(a) and Section 2(i), it appears to us that the requirement is only to maintain the records in a manner which facilitates the right to information under the Act. As already noticed above, “right to information” under Section 2(j) means only the right to information which is held by any public authority. We do not find any other provision under the Act under which a direction can be issued to the public authority to collate the information in the manner in which it is sought by the applicant.
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