CIC Warns CPIO Against Unwarranted Invocation Of Exemption Clause Under Section 8(1)(i) Of RTI Act [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission recently denigrated the CPIO of the Department of Training and Personnel of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions against inappropriate and unwarranted use of the exemption clause under Section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 in denying information to the complainant pertaining to appointment of Central. The Central Information Commission recently denigrated the CPIO of the Department of Training and Personnel of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions against inappropriate and unwarranted use of the exemption clause under Section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 in denying information to the complainant pertaining to appointment of Central Information Commissioners. The complainant thus approached the CIC alleging that the CPIO, despite being the nodal agency for implementing the provisions of Right to Information Act, 2005, had blatantly applied the exemptions under Section 8 of the Act thus stonewalling the applications. The Court held: "The Complainant has rightly pointed out that such mindless application of exemptions of RTI Act to deny information by the CPIO of DoPT casts serious aspersions on the commitment of the nodal agency of RTI to the tenets of probity and transparency.