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2019 Supreme(SC) 1889

ARUN MISHRA, NAVIN SINHA
Union Of India – Appellant
Versus
Ashok Kumar Sharma – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
Vikramjit Banerjee, Adv., Anmol Chandan, Adv., Sayooj Mohandas M, Adv., Raj Bahadur, Adv., Gurmeet Singh Makker, Adv.

ORDER

1. Leave granted.

    1. This appeal has been filed by the Union of India aggrieved by the order dated 17.08.2015 passed by the High Court of Delhi in LPA NO.471/2015.

2. None appears on behalf of the respondent though served.

3. The appellant-Union of India and others have questioned the legality of the order passed by the High Court dismissing the LPA filed by the appellants holding that no prejudice was to be caused to the appellants in case the document Nos.1, 3 and 4 are supplied after redacting all the information which may disclose the identity of the informant. Document Nos. 2 and 5 have already been supplied.

4. The dispute remains about document Nos.1, 3 and 4 as they were not supplied considering the provisions of Section 8(i)(h) of the Right to Information Act which prohibits disclosure of information connected with ongoing investigations and prosecutions and it was opined that it was source information that has triggered the anti-corruption proceedings and nothing should be done which affects the proceedings or which compromises the position of the sources of information.

5. In view of the aforesaid reasons employed by the Information Commissioner, we are of the opin

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