New Delhi, Oct 27 (UNI) The Supreme Court today refused to direct the union Government to publicly disclose the names of candidates shortlisted for appointment to the Central Information Commission (CIC), stating that it saw “no reason to doubt” the Centre’s adherence to transparency norms earlier laid down by the Court.

A Bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj, represented by Advocate Prashant Bhushan, seeking greater transparency and timely appointments to the Central and State Information Commissions under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

Bhushan argued that despite earlier Supreme Court directions to disclose the details of search committee members and the list of applica

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