2013 (9) TMI 852

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.... for the Respondent. ORDER Facts of the case : By an application dated 9-3-2013, Shri R.K. Jain resident of No. 1512-B, Bhishm Pitamah Marg, Wazir Nagar, New Delhi-110 003, has applied to the CPIO, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi, seeking the following information/documents : (a)     Date and dairy No. of the receipt of R.K. Jain's letter dated 11....

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.... (b) & (c) vide letter No. F. 50050/40/2013-Ad.I, dated 20th March, 2013 and denied to provide copies of note-sheets and correspondence pages of the concerned as well as inspection of records, taking exemption under Section 8(1)(h) of the RTI, 2005, as the investigation on Shri Jain's letter is yet to be completed. 3. Aggrieved against the said order passed by the CPIO dated 20-3-2013, the Appe....

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....lar cases, wherein it is explicitly indicated that exemption under Section 8(1)(h) can be undertaken unless otherwise, if the information is granted would impede the process of investigation or the prosecution of the offenders. Further, it is also highlighted in the above judgments that mere existence of an investigation process cannot be a ground for refusal of the information and the authority w....