Arguments in favour of bringing judiciary under RTI

♤ The lack of stringent in-house accountability and transparency mechanisms has allowed the judiciary to keep itself free from regular public scrutiny. The Right to Information Act is a step forward towards opening a closed and secretive judicial system.

♤ It will increase the amount of transparency in judiciary in case of appointment of judges as it may decrease nepotism and despotism as criticized to be present in judiciary.

♤ Courts have always been questioned for pending cases. RTI can place yardstick among judiciary for timely disposure of justice.

♤ It will increase accountability of judiciary as judges can be held accountable for their decisions.

♤ It will increase the faith of people if they could also know about judicial working.

♤ In the famous Raj Narain Vs Indira Gandhi case, the SC laid down the foundation of Right to Information in India stating that the people of the country have the right to know about every public act. Thus, The Supreme Court should begin practicing what it preaches.