NEW DELHI: The Delhi HC on Friday stayed an order by the Central Information Commission (CIC) seeking disclosures under the RTI Act about the security apparatus and entourage of the PM of India.
Justice Navin Chawla, while hearing a petition filed by the IAF, stayed the CIC order directing them to provide information regarding Special Flight Returns (SRF)-II and listed the matter for further hearing in April.
The bench also issued notice asking the RTI applicant, Air Commodore Lokesh Batra (Retd), who had sought the details. It also asked the IAF how disclosing the number of passengers would affect security.
“ You may not give the names. But how does it affect the sovereignty of the country if the number is given,” the bench wondered. It observed that the CIC ought to have been more clear as to what information is exempt under the RTI Act.