Daily Pioneer: Chandigarh: Friday, July 06, 2018.
Punjab State
Information Commission has ruled that the Right to Information (RTI) Act was
not applicable on the information compromising the law and order of the state
or country.
Disposing of
a case filed by a Kharar-resident Navdeep Gupta, Punjab State Information
Commission made it clear that such information could not be given under the RTI
Act, which compromises the law and order situation of the state.
The
complainant Gupta had sought the information regarding the incidents wherein
members of Hindu community were pulled out of buses and killed between the year
of 1984 to 1995.
Taking strong
exception of Gupta’s case filed against the public information officer and the
first Appellate Authority of the Punjab Police, the state Chief Information
Commissioner SS Channy said that the information sought by the complainant may
adversely affect the communal harmony and ultimately unity and integrity of the
state, which could trigger communal riots.
“So, this
information will not be necessarily be given under Section 8 (1) (a) of the Act
2005,” he held.
Disposing of
the case, Channy said that this information may not also be disclosed under the
RTI Act because the clause of exemption implemented on this as this could be
harmful for foreign security of the country.
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