In a first-ever case on Right to Information in the Supreme Court after the promulgation of Right to Information Act 2007, the apex court decided not to issue an interim order as sought by the writ petitioner Tribhuvan University. Division Bench of honorable Justices Khilraj Regmi and Abadesh Kumar Yadav were not convinced that there is a need to issue an interim order to stop Information Commission from considering appeals filed against the University.
Tribhuvan University, the oldest university of the country went to the Court when the National Information Commission (NIC) ordered it last month to provide the copy of marked answer sheets as demanded by one of its student. TU petitioned the SC to quash the order made by NIC compelling it to provide answer sheets and demanded an interim order.
Organizations working for Right to Information and Human Rights lawyer expressed their keen interest in the case and were present in the Court pleading on behalf of National information Commission. Senior Advocate Krishna Prasad Bhandari, Advocates Raman Shrestha, Madhav Basnet and Santosh Sigdel had assisted the NIC in this preliminary hearing.
The Supreme Court also decided to hear this case on priority basis.
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