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Top Court Expresses Concern over Vacancies at CIC & SICs

[New Delhi]Top Court Expresses Concern over Vacancies at CIC & SICs
The Supreme Court today expressed concern over vacancies at the Central Information Commission (CIC) and State Information Commissions (SIC),
At present there are four vacancies in the CIC and
four more will be created by December this year.
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Expressing concern over pendency of cases in the SICs, the bench also asked seven states — Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Kerala, Odisha and Karnataka — to file an affidavit giving a time frame for filling up the vacant posts.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appeared for RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj,
Over 23,500 appeals and complaints are pending with the CIC.