Apex court launches online RTI portal

The Supreme Court on Tuesday unveiled its online Right To Information (RTI) portal, facilitating the access of information about the top court, which is a public authority under the transparency law. Till now, RTI applications with respect to the Supreme Court could be filed only through post. The portal went live on Tuesday evening, as announced by Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud on November 14 when a case relating to the online RTI portal for high courts and lower judiciary was mentioned before him.