Supreme Court Rules; Shorthand Notebooks Are Not Part Of Judicial Record

 

Supreme Court held that shorthand notebooks, is only a tentative draft of the Judgement, cannot be treated as information held by Public Authority. Supreme Court further held that they did not see any ground to interfere with the Delhi High Court’s order, which did not favour an RTI applicant Tapan Choudhury’s plea,  seeking copies of the shorthand note books in which the stenographer takes dictation of the Court.