Court directs to implement Right to Information Act in Bihar

Patna, July 13 (UNI) The Patna High Court today directed the Bihar government to implement the right to Information Act immediately in the interest of the people of the state.

While hearing a PIL filed by the Bihar Pradesh Congress Comittee Chief Spokesperson Prem Chandra Mishra, a division bench of the court comprising Chief Justice J.N.Bhatt and Justice Shivkriti Singh asked the state government to implement the Act in Bihar at the earliest as it had already been enforced in other states.

Advocate General P K Shahi informed the court that the state government had convened a meeting on July 21 in this connection.

The next date of hearing in the case had been fixed on August 10.

UNI XC-RS TJP MSJ VC2016