Thursday, March 19, 2015

HC to hear challenge to non-disclosure of Ajit Pawar's returns

Times of India: Mumbai: Thursday, 19 March 2015.
Bombay High Court will hear today former Chief Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi 's petition challenging the Chief Information Commission's order rejecting his plea to disclose Income Tax returns and balance sheets of deputy CM Ajit Pawar.
Gandhi's petition has challenging the CIC's May 15,2013 passed by a five member bench which held that that Gandhi has failed to disclose larger public interest and these details are personal information.
According to his petition, his RTI application was rejected on January 2, 13 first by Central Public Information Officer/ Assistant Commissioner of IT. Consequently his appeals were rejected by the first appellate authority and then the CIC.