The Times of India:Kochi:Tuesday, February 14, 2012.
Petitions seeking the inclusion of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Right to Information Act, have to be transferred to the Supreme Court to be heard along with other petitions raising similar demands, CBI told the high court on Wednesday.
When the case came up for hearing before acting Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice PR Ramachandra Menon, CBI's counsel submitted to the court that three more petitions of the same nature were pending before the apex court and that CBI was planning to move the two petitions in Kerala to the Supreme Court.
Former IAS officer Sukumar N Oommen, who had impleaded in the case, opposed the move, stating that he was ready to argue and his arguments should be recorded by the court before allowing the petition to be transferred.
While the original petition by advocate DB Binu had sought the inclusion of CBI and NIA under RTI Act, the plea was later amended to challenge the exclusion 18 intelligence and security organizations, including CBI, NIA, RAW, Intelligence Bureau, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Aviation Research Centre, CRPF, National Security Guards, and Special Services Bureau.
Only CBI had been listed as the respondent in the case initially. NIA impleaded in the case later on.
Three more parties impleaded in the case as petitioners at a late stage. They are former managing director of Madras Fertilizers, CPM's lawyers' union, and a Delhi-based reporter of journal Sach Bilkul Sach.
When the case came up for hearing before acting Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice PR Ramachandra Menon, CBI's counsel submitted to the court that three more petitions of the same nature were pending before the apex court and that CBI was planning to move the two petitions in Kerala to the Supreme Court.
Former IAS officer Sukumar N Oommen, who had impleaded in the case, opposed the move, stating that he was ready to argue and his arguments should be recorded by the court before allowing the petition to be transferred.
While the original petition by advocate DB Binu had sought the inclusion of CBI and NIA under RTI Act, the plea was later amended to challenge the exclusion 18 intelligence and security organizations, including CBI, NIA, RAW, Intelligence Bureau, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Aviation Research Centre, CRPF, National Security Guards, and Special Services Bureau.
Only CBI had been listed as the respondent in the case initially. NIA impleaded in the case later on.
Three more parties impleaded in the case as petitioners at a late stage. They are former managing director of Madras Fertilizers, CPM's lawyers' union, and a Delhi-based reporter of journal Sach Bilkul Sach.
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