Saturday, September 26, 2009
Leader of Opposition Comes Under RTI Act: CIC
The office of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha is covered under the RTI Act and should provide information as per its provisions, the Central Information Commission ruled today. Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Wajahat Habibullah said, "office of Leader of Opposition is a public authority" as it is created by a notification of the
government but reserved his decision whether it is part of Lok Sabha secretariat or an independent office.
Habibullah was hearing the plea of an RTI applicant Subhash Chandra Agrawal who sought detailed information from L K Advani on the letter written by former Home Minister to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of black money stashed in Swiss banks and Finance Minister's reply to it.
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government but reserved his decision whether it is part of Lok Sabha secretariat or an independent office.
Habibullah was hearing the plea of an RTI applicant Subhash Chandra Agrawal who sought detailed information from L K Advani on the letter written by former Home Minister to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of black money stashed in Swiss banks and Finance Minister's reply to it.
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