Case Law Details
Jugal Purohit Vs PIO (Central Information Commission)
Central Information Commission is of the considered opinion that the reply of the PIO is not in consonance with the provisions of the RTI Act. Prime Minister’s Office has merely stated that details regarding imposition of nation-wide lockdown sought by the Applicant attract the provisions of Section 7(9) of the RTI Act, 2005. Thus information sought by the Appellant has not been provided to him nor has appropriate provisions of the RTI Act have been cited justifying exemption from disclosure, in the reply sent to the Appellant. Therefore, the reply sent by the PIO is found untenable in law.
Under the circumstances, the Commission directs the PIO, PMO to re-examine the RTI application and provide a revised point wise response in accordance with the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005 to the Appellant within three weeks of receipt of this order.
FULL TEXT OF THE CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION
The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 17.11.2020 which was responded to by the CPIO/Under Secretary, PMO vide letter dated 21.01.2021 as under:-
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