CIC snubs IB over property case.

Daily Bhaskar: Abhishek Gaur:Friday , August 26 , 2011.

Jaipur: The Intelligence Bureau comes under the Right to Information Act. On an RTI application moved by an 82-year-old woman in Rajasthan, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the country's intelligence agency IB to furnish details of a person who has become vital to the proceedings in the court of law.

The IB was instructed to part with information about Dr Vijay Kumar Vyas, who is a key player to a case of property dispute pending with the Rajasthan High Court.

According to the CIC's documents, 82-year-old Adarsh Sharma is contesting the ownership of a prime property in Jaipur which her sister allegedly disposed off to a jeweller, several years ago. Sharma filed an appeal with the CIC seeking information from the Bureau of Immigration (a wing of the IB) and the union ministry of home affairs on the whereabouts of Vyas, who happens to be her sister's son.

She had earlier approached the IB for information, which was denied to her. The IB denied furnishing any information stating that as per provisions of the RTI Act 2005 Chapter IV, section 24 (1) and second schedule, the the agency is exempted from providing any information details on the subject.