{"id":232948,"date":"2011-03-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-krishna-kumar-mantri-vs-government-of-nct-of-delhi-on-22-march-2011"},"modified":"2016-01-03T10:37:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T05:07:43","slug":"mr-krishna-kumar-mantri-vs-government-of-nct-of-delhi-on-22-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-krishna-kumar-mantri-vs-government-of-nct-of-delhi-on-22-march-2011","title":{"rendered":"Mr.Krishna Kumar Mantri vs Government Of Nct Of Delhi on 22 March, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Central Information Commission<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mr.Krishna Kumar Mantri vs Government Of Nct Of Delhi on 22 March, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>                              CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION\n                                  Club Building (Near Post Office)\n                                Old JNU Campus, New Delhi - 110067\n                                       Tel: +91-11-26161796\n\n                                                                    Decision No. CIC\/SG\/A\/2011\/00150\/11602\n                                                                            Appeal No. CIC\/SG\/A\/2011\/00150\n\n     Relevant Facts<\/pre>\n<p> emerging from the Appeal<\/p>\n<p>     Appellant                             :      Mr. Krishna Kumar Mantri,<br \/>\n                                                  Neelamber Vihar,<br \/>\n                                                  Block &#8211; I, Flat No. 137,<br \/>\n                                                  40, Dum Dum Road, Kolkata &#8211; 700074,<br \/>\n                                                  West Bengal.\n<\/p>\n<pre>     Respondent                            :      Mr. Anil Sirohi\n                                                  Public Information Officer &amp; VATO,\n                                                  Govt. of NCT of Delhi,\n                                                  Department of Trade &amp; Taxes,\n                                                  O\/o The Value Added Tax Officer Ward 80\/82,\n                                                  Vyapar Bhawan, I.P. Estate,\n                                                  New Delhi -110002.\n\n     RTI application filed on              :      15-09-2010\n     PIO replied                           :      19-10-2010\n     First appeal filed on                 :      31-10-2010\n     First Appellate Authority order       :      29-11-2010\n     Second Appeal received on             :      13-01-2011\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>     Information sought:- The appellant stated that on 20\/08\/2010 the PlO \/ VATO Ward 80-82 of<br \/>\n     Department of Trade &amp; Taxes, Delhi has submitted in course of hearing before Sri S. A. Awaradi, the Ist<br \/>\n     Appellate Authority! Special Commissioner as referred in order no. F.No. VI<br \/>\n     (115)\/T&amp;T\/2010\/RTI\/46\/SplCTTll \/589 dated 25\/08\/2010 that Further he (PlO) sated that apart of the<br \/>\n     information is denied on the basis that matter is under investigation in a criminal case as per the records<br \/>\n     available.&#8217; In view of aforesaid submission please provide information \/ records documents as under:\n<\/p>\n<p>1.               Please specify the criminal case under investigation as stated in the afore said<br \/>\n            Ist Appellate Order no. F.No. VI (1 18)IT&amp;T\/20101RT1\/461SpICTTII \/589                 dated<br \/>\n            25\/08\/2010 as submitted by the PlO &#8211; Ward 80-82 of Department of               Trade &amp; Taxes Delhi in<br \/>\n            course of hearing.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.               Please provide information \/ records from which the PlO -Ward 80-82 of<br \/>\n            Department of Trade &amp; Taxes. Delhi came to know that the matter is under              investigation in<br \/>\n            a criminal case as mentioned in the afore said 1&#8243; Appellate Order            no.       F.No.        VI<br \/>\n            (118)\/T&amp;T\/2010\/RT1\/46\/SpICTTII\/1589 dated             25\/0812010 submitted by the PlO -Ward<br \/>\n            80\/82 of Department of Trade &amp;         Taxes, Delhi.\n<\/p>\n<p>     3.     Please provide information \/ records! documents in respect of the matter under investigation in<br \/>\n            criminal case is means I concerned with CR no. 09 of          2008 of the Court of the Learned 13&#8243;&#8216;<br \/>\n            Metropolitan Magistrate, Sank Shall Court, Calcutta arising from FIR no.3 dated 03\/01\/2008 of<br \/>\n            Posta Police Station, Calcutta (Kolkata).\n<\/p>\n<p>     The PIO replied.\n<\/p>\n<p>             &#8220;The requisite information is as under 7(1), 7(2) &amp; 7(3) the information can not be provided as per<br \/>\n     section 8(1) (h) of the RTI Act, 2005, the information has also been provided on 22-07-2010 in reference<br \/>\n     to your RTI dated 29-09-2010&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p> Grounds for the First Appeal:\n<\/p>\n<p>     Appellant is not satisfied with the reply.\n<\/p>\n<p>Order of the First Appellate Authority (FAA):\n<\/p>\n<p>       &#8220;PlO states that the reply has been sent to the appellant vide his letter No.5784 dated 19.10.20 10<br \/>\ninforming him that the information sought cannot be given to him as it is exempted u\/s 8 (I) (h) of the RTI<br \/>\nAct, 2005. It is further stated by the PlO \/ VATO ( Ward No.80 \/ 82 ) that in response to his letter<br \/>\naddressed to concerned authorities i.e Commercial Tax Department of Govt.of West Bengal. the PlO has<br \/>\nreceived that the information should not be given as it hampers \/ interferes in the criminal investigation<br \/>\nprocess initiating. Therefore under such circumstances the information sought by the appellant can not be<br \/>\nfurnished&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>Grounds for the Second Appeal:\n<\/p>\n<p>Appellant is not satisfied with the PIO&#8217;s reply and FAA order.\n<\/p>\n<p>Relevant Facts emerging during Hearing:\n<\/p>\n<p>The following were present<br \/>\nAppellant: Mr. Krishna Kumar Mantri;\n<\/p>\n<p>Respondent: Mr. Anil Sirohi, Public Information Officer &amp; VATO (W-80\/82);\n<\/p>\n<p>        The PIO has given certain information and has brought the file with him. The Appellant states his<br \/>\ninformation need would be met if he is given photocopy of the four letter which are in the file. The<br \/>\nRespondent has provided copies of the four letters to the Appellant before the Commission. The Appellant<br \/>\nhas sought to know the number of the case in connection with which the PIO had refused to give<br \/>\ninformation claiming exemption under Section 8(1)(h) of the RTI Act. The PIO states he does not know<br \/>\nthe case number of but this. His claim for exemption was based on the letters received by him from the<br \/>\noffice of the Sr. Joint Commissioner, Govt. of West Bengal, Sales Tax, Central Section, 14 Bellaghata<br \/>\nRoad, Kolkata, West Bengal in which it was stated &#8220;series of preventive proceedings under the West<br \/>\nBengal VAT Act and Criminal prosecution under IPC had been initiated against Mr. Krishan Kumar<br \/>\nMantri.&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>Decision:\n<\/p>\n<p>The Appeal is allowed.\n<\/p>\n<p>      The information has been provided.\n<\/p>\n<p>This decision is announced in open chamber.\n<\/p>\n<p>Notice of this decision be given free of cost to the parties.<br \/>\nAny information in compliance with this Order will be provided free of cost as per Section 7(6) of RTI Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                        Shailesh Gandhi<br \/>\n                                                                                              Information Commissioner<br \/>\n                                                                                                         22 March 2011<br \/>\n(In any correspondence on this decision, mention the complete decision number.)(BK)\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Information Commission Mr.Krishna Kumar Mantri vs Government Of Nct Of Delhi on 22 March, 2011 CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION Club Building (Near Post Office) Old JNU Campus, New Delhi &#8211; 110067 Tel: +91-11-26161796 Decision No. CIC\/SG\/A\/2011\/00150\/11602 Appeal No. CIC\/SG\/A\/2011\/00150 Relevant Facts emerging from the Appeal Appellant : Mr. Krishna Kumar Mantri, Neelamber Vihar, Block &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-central-information-commission","category-judgements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mr.Krishna Kumar Mantri vs Government Of Nct Of Delhi on 22 March, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-krishna-kumar-mantri-vs-government-of-nct-of-delhi-on-22-march-2011\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mr.Krishna Kumar Mantri vs Government Of Nct Of Delhi on 22 March, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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