The Central Information Commission (CIC) has dismissed the plea of
navy war-room leak case accused and sacked commander Vijender Rana who
had alleged that the Navy is not disclosing information related to an
inquiry conducted against him.
Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, who had held a
special hearing on his plea on July 16, examined Navy records and
found that the information sought by Rana has already been provided to
him.
The Commission while disposing his plea said that he can approach the
Navy for any further information he had sought under the RTI Act.
The CIC while hearing another plea of Rana refused to direct the
Intelligence Bureau (IB) to disclose charges made against him.
"Simply asking what charges have been made against him is not an
allegation of human rights violation. Therefore, the complaint of Rana
is unsustainable and is dismissed," Habibullah said while pointing out
that IB is exempted from sharing the information under the
transparency law.
The Commissioner said the Intelligence Bureau can be directed to
disclose the information in case of human rights violation and
corruption.
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OutLook India, NEW DELHI, JUL 18 (PTI)
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