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SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD
Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddique – Appellant
Versus
Cpio, Intelligence Bureau – Respondent
JUDGMENT
1. The Petitioner has been convicted and sentenced to death in the Mumbai Twin Blast known as 7/11 bomb blast case which took place in the year 2006. The Petitioner was Accused No.4. The Petitioner was sentenced to a punishment of death for an offence under Section 302 of the IPC, under Section 3(b) of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 and under Section 3(1)(i) of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 and apart from this, the Petitioner had also been sentenced for various offences under the provision of IPC.
2. The Petitioner in this Writ Petition had made an RTI application, on the 04.09.2017, to the CPIO Intelligence Bureau seeking a copy of an alleged Intelligence Bureau report, suggesting false implication and arrest of accused persons, placed before the Ministry of Home Affairs in the year 2009 for review of evidence in the bomb blast case. The information as sought for by the Petitioner was rejected by the CPIO, Ministry of Home Affairs, vide a letter dated 21.09.2017, on the ground that the agency from which the information was sought for by the Petitioner is exempted from the purview of the RTI Act under Section 24(1).
3. The Petitioner proceeded to fi
Newspaper reports are considered hearsay evidence and cannot be relied upon to prove allegations. Affidavits filed by responsible officers can be considered as credible evidence.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the application of exemptions under the RTI Act, including Section 8(1)(a), Section 8(1)(h), and Section 24, to justify the non-disclosure of infor....
The exemption under the RTI Act in disclosing information must be considered in light of public safety and security, sovereignty, and integrity of the country.
RTI disclosure of sanction files and vigilance notings denied during pending CBI corruption trial to protect investigations under Sections 8(1)(g), (h), (j).
Documents related to prosecution sanction in ongoing corruption case exempt under RTI Sections 8(1)(g), 8(1)(h), 24; disclosure would impede trial, endanger safety, reveal sources despite completed i....
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