The Delhi High Court (HC) Wednesday has quashed Central Information Commission (CIC) order that had allowed to disclose the correspondence between then President K R Narayanan and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the Gujarat riots of 2002.
Favouring to Central government's plea seeking to stay on CIC's Aug 8, 2006 order, High Court judge Justice Anil Kumar set aside the order to CIC stating that CIC cannot direct the petitioner (government) to produce the correspondence between the President and the Prime Minister.
The CIC had asked the government to disclose all the letters sent by Narayanan to Vajpayee from Feb 28, 2002, to March 15, 2002, relating to the Gujarat riots as sought by C. Ramesh through the Right To Information act.
"The order of the CIC dated 8 Aug, 2006, is liable to be set aside and the CIC cannot direct the petitioner (government) to produce the correspondence between the president and the prime minister," said the judge.
"Respondent No. 2 (C. Ramesh) is not entitled for the correspondence sought by him, which was exchanged between the president and the prime minister relating to the Gujarat riots," ruled Justice Kumar, who retires Wednesday.
--With IANS Inputs--
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