[rti4empowerment] Information commission raps CBI for not giving proper details on Ambanis

 

Information commission raps CBI for not giving proper details on Ambanis   TIMES NEWS NETWORK http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOINEW/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIBG&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI   NewDelhi:The Central Information Commission (CIC) has summoned CBI officials for failure to give reasons on why the Ambani brothers were not chargesheeted in the call rerouting case.     The CBI had last year filed a chargesheet against five Reliance Industries' executives in a case related to passing off of international calls as local calls and causing revenue loss to the government.     Information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi has asked the CBI public information officer to explain why penalty should not be imposed for failing to comply with the Information Commission's order and providing information on the issue.     Giving the order, Gandhi said: "From the facts before the Commission, it appears that you have failed to comply with the Commission's order and not provided the requisite information within the specified time. The denial on your part in providing information amounts to willful disobedience and also raises a reasonable doubt that the denial may be mala fide.''     CBI had earlier rejected the RTI application filed by Delhi resident P C Srivastava saying that information sought was confidential and disclosure would impede the investigation. CBI public information officer argued before the Commission that, "CBI had decided to prosecute certain directors and the reasons for not prosecuting Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani were on record. However, disclosing such information would provide clues to other persons accused in the case by which they would be able to argue why they should not be charged.'' While ordering for disclosure, Gandhi said that the PIO had failed to produce any cogent evidence on the basis of which she had established that disclosure of information will impede the prosecution of offenders. He also added, "This Commission is unable to understand how lack of evidence against a person can be used by another person against whom evidence has in fact been found.''

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