Supreme Court stays part of its judgment requiring Information Commissions to have judicial members

Supreme Court stays part of its judgment requiring Information Commissions to have judicial members
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While hearing an interim application filed by former Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi and activist Aruna Roy, the Supreme Court has stayed a part of its own judgment in Namit Sharma v. Union of India (2013 (1) SCC 745) which mandated that only a sitting or retired Chief Justice of a High Court or a Supreme Court judge could head the Central and State Information Commissions.

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