PM-led panel to meet on Dec 10 to select Chief Information Commissioner: Centre to SC

Key Points

1. A PM Modi-led panel will meet on December 10, 2025, to select the Chief Information Commissioner and information commissioners.
2. The Supreme Court is hearing a plea regarding vacant posts in the Central Information Commission (CIC) and State Information Commissions (SICs).
3. The selection committee includes the Prime Minister, the leader of the Opposition, and a Union Minister.
4. The Supreme Court has asked chief secretaries of all states to submit details on the strength and vacancies in SICs.
5. Advocate Prashant Bhushan stated that the government's failure to fill vacancies is causing a backlog of cases.
6. The Supreme Court has issued multiple orders directing the Centre to fill vacancies in the CIC and SICs.
7. As of December 2025, the CIC is without its chief, and many posts of information commissioners are vacant.
8. The backlog of cases in the CIC is nearly 30,000.