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Namit Sharma v. Union of India

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Reported as [2013] 13 S.C.R. 1
Bench A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar JJ.
Decided 13 September 2012

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Right to Information Act, 2005: 8 ss. 12(5), (6) and 15(5), (6) - Appointment to the post of c Chief Information Commissioners and Information Commissioners at Central as well as State Level - Eligibility criteria - Constitutional validity of - Held: The provisions of ss. 12(5) and 15(5) are constitutionally valid with a rider that the court will have to read into the provisions that the expression 0 'knowledge and experience' would mean and include a basic degree in the field and the experience gained thereafter - The provisions ulss. 12(6) and 15(6) are vague, have no nexus with the object

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