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Consider the following statements:

1. In Shanti Bhushan v/s Supreme Court of India case, the apex court held that function of allocating cases and assigning benches should be done by collegium of five senior most judges.

2. In Subhas Chandra Agrawal v/s CPIO, the Supreme Court held that office of Chief Justice of India comes under definition of public authority in the RTI act.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation:

Important Judicial Judgements :

Shanti Bhushan v Supreme Court of India through its Registrar and another in Writ Petition refused pointblank to declare that the function of allocating cases and assigning benches should be exercised by the collegium of five senior Judges instead of the Chief Justice of India.
The Supreme Court has held that the offi ce of the Chief Justice of India comes under the de fi nition of ‘public authority’ in the Right to Information Act, upholding the 2010 landmark judgment of the Delhi high court bringing the CJI’s offi ce under the RTI

By: Parvesh Mehta

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