Free Press Journal: New Delhi: Sunday, 23 November 2014.
Ignoring summons by the Central Information
Commission, none of the six political parties including BJP and Congress on
Friday appeared before it for hearing on non-compliance of its order that they
came within the ambit of RTI Act.
A full bench of the Commission comprising
Information Commissioners Vijai Sharma, Manjula Parashar and Sharat Sabharwal
heard the views of complainants Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR),
activist Subhash Agrawal and intervener R K Jain who demanded issuing show
cause notice to the political parties for imposition of penalty.
After the detailed hearing, where Agrawal and ADR
demanded imposition of penalty on the political parties, which were issued
notice by the transparency panel, the Commission reserved the order.
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