Applicant-Jurno Has No Right To Build Pressure For Adverts By Filing RTI Pleas: CIC

While disposing of a case where the RTI applicant, the editor of a magazine, was denied a copy of complaints instituted under the Ministry of Minority Affairs against employees of Dargah committee, Dargah Khwaja Sahib, Ajmer, the CIC has remarked that a journalist does not have the right to demand While disposing of a case where the RTI applicant, the editor of a magazine, was denied a copy of complaints instituted under the Ministry of Minority Affairs against employees of Dargah committee, Dargah Khwaja Sahib, Ajmer, the CIC has remarked that a journalist does not have the right to demand The CPIO had complained that as the dargah management could not give The appellant said he had filed a complaint to Press Council of India against the dargah for not giving “As a journalist, the appellant has every right to criticize the functioning of public authority. But he has no right to demand The CIC also asked the complainant to file a comprehensive complaint on all irregularities and directed the ministry to provide action taken report on his representation within 30 days. In the instant case, the appellant sought copy of complaints instituted under the ministry against any employee of the Dargah committee in the year 2012 and 2013 and copies of the status reports. The CIC noted that as per the Press Council of India Act, even a public authority can file complaint against a journalist for unethical conduct, if any.