IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
INHERENT JURISDICTION
CONTEMPT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 107 OF 2025
IN
WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) 360 OF 2021
MANOJ SINGH NEGI CONTEMPT PETITIONER(S)
VERSUS
SHRI RAJ KUMAR VISHWAKARMA, CHIEF STATE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER OF UTTAR PRADESH & ANR. ALLEGED CONTEMNOR(S)/
RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
1. Application seeking permission to appear and
argue in-person is allowed.
2. One Kishan Jain preferred a Writ Petition(C)
No. 360 of 2021 before this Court under Article 32 of
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the Constitution seeking directions for the better
functioning of the State Information Commissions under
the Right to Information Act, 2005.
3. The writ petition was heard by this Court and
ultimately came to be disposed of vide the judgment
and order dated 09–10–2023.
4. While disposing of the writ petition, this court
issued various directions. We may refer to those
directions as under:-
“23. In view of the above discussion, we are of the considered view that access to the Information Commissions is integral to securing the right to information, which is a necessary concomitant of right to equality under Article 14, the freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution, and the right to life under Article 21. Accordingly, we direct that all SICs across the country must provide hybrid modes of hearing to all litigants for the hearing of compla...