New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has sought from the Supreme Court the name of the Union Minister, who had allegedly approached a judge of the Madras High Court to influence his decision, and the complete correspondence with Chief Justice of India in the matter.
Justice R Raghupathi of the Madras High Court in the open court had a few months ago alleged that a Union Minister, through his lawyer, spoke to him on telephone seeking favours in a case being probed by CBI.
RTI applicant Subhash Chandra Agrawal had sought the complete correspondence in the matter from the apex court along with name of Union Minister who allegedly approached Justice R Raghupathy, an information which was denied to him by the apex court.
Agrawal quoted media reports claiming that Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan had said that Justice Raghupathy had written to Chief Justice of the Madras High Court that the minister had not spoken to him directly.
"The information sought in respect of all questions... will now be provided to appellant within 15 days," Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah said.
He, however, exempted from disclosing answers to two questions dealing with in-house procedure of the court and questioning "the conduct of Justices of the High Court" saying response could impinge upon the exalted status granted to such Justices.
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