Amidst the already tense relationship between government and judiciary, the top Court dismissed a plea seeking to disclose details under the Right to Information of a collegium meeting in which decisions were taken regarding the elevation of judges to the apex court. A bench headed by Justice M.R. Shah said, "Only a resolution drawn and signed by all the collegium members can be said to be the final decision..."
The SC bench added that "it is to be noted that final decision is taken by the collegium only after due consultation and during the consultation some decision takes place, but no final decision is taken and no resolution is drawn, it cannot be said that a final decision is taken by the collegium".
"Collegium is a multi-member body whose decision embodies into the resolution that may be formally drawn up and signed...," said the bench, adding that only the final decision was required to be uploaded on the Supreme Court's website. It further added that whatever was discussed in the collegium was not required to be put out in the public domain, that too under the RTI Act.
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