{"id":34306,"date":"2014-07-20T16:32:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T11:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=34306"},"modified":"2014-07-20T16:32:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-20T11:02:03","slug":"cic-upholds-pmos-refusal-declassify-three-netaji-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cic-upholds-pmos-refusal-declassify-three-netaji-files","title":{"rendered":"CIC upholds PMO\u2019s refusal to declassify three Netaji files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #666666;\">The Central Information Commission (CIC) has upheld the Prime Minister\u2019s Office\u2019s contention of keeping, as classified, three files on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, on grounds their declassification would adversely affect foreign relations, reports IANS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">Researcher Chandrachur Ghose in April last year filed a Right to Information (RTI) application seeking copies of documents contained in three PMO files relating to the widow and daughter of the nationalist leader.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">But the PMO turned down the request contending the disclosure of the documents would prejudicially affect relations with foreign countries and as such they were exempt under the RTI Act.\u00a0 When Ghose\u2019s appeal was too turned by the PMO director, he took the matter before the CIC which Thursday upheld the PMO\u2019s stand of refusing the declassification of the files.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">\u201cIt is not for us to substitute our judgment on the applicability of exemptions to that agency duly authorized to determine such issues.\u00a0 \u201cIn view of the above, and Central Public Information Officer\u2019s submission that due diligence has been exercised, we uphold the decision of denying the information,\u201d CIC Rajiv Mathur said in his decision.\u00a0 Ghose was represented by author and researcher Anuj Dhar at the hearing before Mathur.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">(IANS<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/netaji.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34307\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cic-upholds-pmos-refusal-declassify-three-netaji-files\/netaji\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/netaji.jpg?fit=218%2C231&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"218,231\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"netaji\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/netaji.jpg?fit=218%2C231&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34307\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/netaji.jpg?resize=218%2C231&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"netaji\" width=\"218\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/netaji.jpg?w=218&amp;ssl=1 218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/netaji.jpg?resize=141%2C150&amp;ssl=1 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Information Commission (CIC) has upheld the Prime Minister\u2019s Office\u2019s contention of keeping, as classified, three files on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, on grounds their declassification would adversely affect foreign relations, reports IANS. 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