The Central Information Commission has held that all information in the possession of the office of the Chief Justice of India is not completely exempt from the disclosure under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The CIC said this while directing the Supreme Court to disclose communication exchange between Chief Justice of India and the Law Ministry on the question of proposed changes in appointment procedure of Judges.

Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra said in an order that the procedure of appointment of judges or any proposal for modifying that procedure should necessarily be available in the public domain so that the citizens know what is transpiring among the major stake holders.

The order came on an appeal by RTI activist Subhash Agrawal to access written communication between the CJI's office and then Union law minister Veerapa Moily on the proposal to modify the procedure for appointment of Judges.