PIL Madras High Court issues notices to the Centre and CBI for taking the CBI out of the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

PIL Madras High Court issues notices to the Centre and CBI for
taking the CBI out of the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

Government of India, Centre through a notification issued on June 9, had placed the agency in the organizations listed in the second schedule of Section 24 of the RTI Act.
Union Government said that CBI needs protection as information is sensitive and can damage the investigations done by them or national security may get compromised.


A PIL was filed in the high court challenging the Centre's decision. The petitioner argued that it was not necessary to give a "blanket protection" to the CBI from revealing information.

The Madras High Court on Friday issued notices to the Centre and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for taking the investigating agency out of the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The notices have to be responded by both the Centre and the CBI within three weeks.

RTI act has already given the protection to sensitive information.
Thus CBI do not need the protection, it is the right of every citizen of India to know who is criminal and how the CBI is performing its duty.

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Friday, June 24, 2011

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