In Brief
The Chief Information Commissioner sought certified copies of court documents from the High Court of Gujarat through Right to Information Act procedures. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding that while citizens have a right to information under RTI, this right must be pursued through appropriate channels. Where effective and simple existing machinery exists—such as standard court application procedures requiring court fee—resorting to cumbersome RTI processes is unjustified and wasteful of time and fiscal resources, contrary to the RTI Act's own preamble objectives.
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