2018 (3) TMI 1251

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....bsp; Respondent Through: Respondent in person. O R D E R 1. The petitioner has filed the present petition impugning an order dated 09.10.2017 (hereafter 'the impugned order') passed by the Central Information Commission (hereafter 'the CIC') directing petitioner to provide a broad outcome of the decision in respect of the respondent's complaint made to the Enforcement Directorate (petitio....

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....016, petitioner no.1 declined to provide the information as sought for by the respondent on the ground that the Enforcement Directorate was excluded from the scope of the Act by virtue of Section 24(1) of the Act. 4. Aggrieved by the aforesaid decision, the respondent filed an appeal under Section 19(1) of the Act before the First Appellate Authority (FAA). This appeal was dismissed by an order....

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....o the Act and, thus, cannot be called upon to disclose information under the provisions of the Act. The only exception carved out from the exclusionary clause of Section 24(1) of the Act relates to information pertaining to allegations of corruption and human rights violation. Undisputedly, the information sought for by the petitioner cannot be categorized as such information. 7. The aforesaid ....