Sunday, December 13, 2009

[rti_india] Re: CIc refuses to entertain appeal on providing information by elected represen

 

http://cic.gov.in/CIC-Orders/WB-10122009-01.pdf

Do we agree with this decision ?
I don't for the following reasons

A) Once again Mr Habibullah (and Shailesh Gandhi)
demonstrate craven loyalty to the false Gods who
appointed him (them).

B) The timing of this decision is a signal that
Mr H is on his way out.

C) Once again we see the open interference of NCPRI
in the CIC. How dare Mr Habibullah invite Prashant
Bhushan to assist the Commission? On what basis was
this done ? Why were special invitations extended
to the so-called legal luminaries (who quite properly
declined to be associated with Mr Habibullah's corrupt
little decision) named - most of whom strangely (or
not very strangely) are part of the "Committee for
Judicial Accountability" closely linked with NCPRI.

D) From where does the CIC derive powers to constitute
Benches?

E) The reasonings of the decision's conclusion are so
infantile that it is no surprise that 2 out of India's
3 worst Commissioners delivered it.

Sarbajit

--- In rti_india@yahoogroups.com, "Arun" <arun_agrawal@...> wrote:
>
> Elected representatives including MPs, MLAs and local bodies members are
> not covered under the Right to Information Act in 'individual' capacity,
> Central Information Commission has ruled.
>
> The Commission, however, has clarified that information regarding their
> activities can be accessed from bodies to which they are part of like
> Parliament, state legislative assembly or local bodies.
>
> A division bench of the Commission comprising Chief Information
> Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah and Shailesh Gandhi said, "we must
> conclude that individuals whether MPs, MLAs, Councillors or members of
> Panchayats cannot in themselves be deemed public authorities.
> Nevertheless, the organisations and Committees in which they fulfil
> their obligations under the Constitution are indeed organizations
> defined as public authorities," the bench held while hearing several
> pleas that were clubbed together in the matter.
>
>

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