RTI - Confidential Report of CESTAT Member need not be given
THE Supreme Court dismissed the appeal by RK Jain, editor of ELT, against the Delhi High Court order in 2012-TIOL-300-HC-DEL-RTI.
RK Jain, the appellant filed an application to Central Public Information Officer under Section 6 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 on 7th October, 2009 seeking the copies of all note sheets and correspondence pages of file relating to Ms.Jyoti Balasundram, Member/CESTAT. The Under Secretary, who is the CPIO denied the information. On an appeal under Section 19 of the RTI Act, the Director (Headquarters) and Appellate Authority by its order dated 18th December, 2009 disallowed the same citing same ground as cited by the CPIO. Even a further appeal to the CIC was not fruitful and the appellant took the matter in writ to the Delhi High Court which was rejected by a Single Judge (). The appeal to a Division Bench was also rejected () It is against this decision that the appellant approached the Supreme Court, but the Supreme Court also rejected his plea.