J-K Accession Files: Disclosure of Bucher Papers in 'National Interest', CIC Observes
News 18The disclosure of files provided by India’s second army chief General Sir Roy Bucher to Nehru Memorial Museum and Library about Jammu and Kashmir related to the period of 1947-49, which may throw light on Accession, is in “national interest”, the Central Information Commission has observed in an order. Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar has instead asked the NMML’s Central Public Information Officer “to take up the matter with higher officials” and “secure the necessary permission” before sharing the information with RTI activist Venkatesh Nayak. Nayak said he had pressed for larger public interest in the disclosure of the information as October, 2021 will usher in the 75th anniversary year of signing of instrument of accession by Maharaja Hari Singh but Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar used the word “national interest” in his order. In his appeal before the Commission, Nayak said it was the statutory duty of the CPIO to invoke the third party procedure under Section 11 of the RTI Act to the CPIO, Ministry of External Affairs, to ascertain his or her views regarding disclosure of the Sir Roy Bucher papers.
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