<div>The Supreme Court has capped the fee charged by High Courts for responding to queries filed under the RTI Act at 50 rupees per application, bringing cheers to activists seeking information under the transparency law.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The bench comprising Justices A K Goel, R F Nariman and U U Lait also asked the High courts not to force applicants to disclose the reason for seeking information under the Right to Information law.</div>''<div></div>''<div>The bench passed the order yesterday on a batch of petitions challenging the RTI rules of various High courts, and other authorities like the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, which imposed exorbitant fees for application and photocopying.</div>