Source: Times of India | Neha Shukla, TNN |
Aug 28, 2013, 07.52 PM IST
LUCKNOW: Why should people be deprived of information related to Pakistan, or about leaders who went to Pakistan prior to Independence? It's one of the most important period of Indian history and information relating to that period should be disclosed said the central information commission in the case pertaining to RTI activist Subhash Agrawal who raised number of queries relating to the recording of the speeches of late Muhammad Ali Jinnah and such other prominent leaders of India who went over to Pakistan in 1947. He was informed by the CPIO, Prasar Bharti, that the recordings could not be disclosed to him because, in the CPIO's opinion, this would be exempted under Section 8(1)(a) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
The appellate authority endorsed the stand taken by the CPIO that providing such an information may affect the country's foreign relations, may incite violence or threaten its sovereignty and integrity.
The chief information commissioner (CIC) observed that .......................
Read more at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Prasar-Bharti-declines-to-provide-information-on-Pakistan-sought-under-RTI/articleshow/22122217.cms
Aug 28, 2013, 07.52 PM IST
LUCKNOW: Why should people be deprived of information related to Pakistan, or about leaders who went to Pakistan prior to Independence? It's one of the most important period of Indian history and information relating to that period should be disclosed said the central information commission in the case pertaining to RTI activist Subhash Agrawal who raised number of queries relating to the recording of the speeches of late Muhammad Ali Jinnah and such other prominent leaders of India who went over to Pakistan in 1947. He was informed by the CPIO, Prasar Bharti, that the recordings could not be disclosed to him because, in the CPIO's opinion, this would be exempted under Section 8(1)(a) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
The appellate authority endorsed the stand taken by the CPIO that providing such an information may affect the country's foreign relations, may incite violence or threaten its sovereignty and integrity.
The chief information commissioner (CIC) observed that .......................
Read more at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Prasar-Bharti-declines-to-provide-information-on-Pakistan-sought-under-RTI/articleshow/22122217.cms
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