CIC asks for letters exchanged by Vajpayee and PM Modi in 2002; issues notices to PMO, Gujarat
The Prime Minister's Office and Gujarat government have been presented with notices by CIC on the issue of disclosure of the correspondence exchanged between the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi and then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the aftermath of the 2002 riots. This step by the Chief Information Commissioner Radha Krishna Mathur came citing an order of the Delhi High Court which had said that views of third party as mandated in Section 11 and 19 of the RTI Act must be taken. In an earlier and separate RTI application filed by another person, the Prime Minister's Office had said the communication cannot be disclosed as it will adversely affect the prosecution and conviction in the case. Later, on the directions first appellate authority in the Prime Minister's Office, the CPIO had replied that they are already in the process of taking views of the third party.
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