The Supreme Court on Monday declined to direct the Union Government to publicly disclose the names of candidates shortlisted for appointments to the Central Information Commission (CIC), observing that there was “no reason to doubt” that the Centre would follow the guidelines earlier laid down by the Court for transparent appointments under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a public interest petition filed by activist Anjali Bhardwaj, represented by Advocate Prashant Bhushan, regarding delays and lack of transparency in appointments to the Central and State Information Commissions.

Bhushan pointed out that despite the previous orders of the Supreme Court directing the Centre to fill vacancies in the commissions,

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