The Hindu: Chennai: Wednesday, June
29, 2016.
The request
was turned down on the grounds that the information related to a third party.
The first
appellate authority in Yerwada Central Prison in Pune on Tuesday rejected an
appeal under the Right to Information Act filed by A.G. Perarivalan, the life
convict in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking
to know the grounds under which Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was released from
prison before he completed his five-year jail term.
The appellate
authority held that the information sought pertained to a third party and hence
could not be disclosed.
Perarivalan’s
first application under the RTI Act was rejected by the prison authorities on
the same grounds. Citing a report in The Hindu dated January 7, 2016,
Perarivalan, lodged in Vellore central prison, had petitioned the Yerwada
Central Prison authorities seeking to know the provisions under which Dutt was
released and details of the communication between the Centre and the
Maharashtra Government.
Pointing to
his incarceration for more than 25 years without bail or parole, he said the
information sought pertained to his life and liberty.
After the
plea was dismissed, Perarivalan filed an appeal before the first appellate
authority. On Monday, the appeal was rejected again “to protect third-party
interest,” K. Sivakumar, counsel for Perarivalan, said.
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