India Right To Information

The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed the order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) to disclose the file notings related to the India-Pakistan joint statement at Sharm-el-Sheikh. Following two Right to Information (RTI) petitions, Information Commissioner Annapurna Dixit, in a Jan 4 order, had asked the external affairs ministry to disclose the files related to the July 16 India-Pakistan joint statement issued at Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt. The ministry earlier failed to provide the names of the officials who drafted the statement, as well as file notings. Hearing the appeal against the CIC order, Justice S.Muralidhar stayed it and issued a notice to RTI activist S.C.Agrawal for July 23. The central government had challenged the CIC order that directing scrutiny of documents is beyond its jurisdiction.

Labels: Central Information Commission, Delhi, MEA

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