IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
MOHAMMED NIAS C.P., J
MARI R. – Appellant
Versus
THE CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. information requested under rti act regarding cctv footage. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. authorities' responses to rti requests and appeal process. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. legal entitlement of accused to access evidence. (Para 5) |
| 4. court's directive for rehearing the appeal. (Para 7) |
JUDGMENT
The petitioner challenges Exts.P8 and P9 orders passed by the Central Information Commission rejecting the appeal preferred by the petitioner herein. The petitioner had sought the following information through an application dated 25.05.2023:
“The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 25.05.2023 (online) seeking the following information:
"I am the accused in FIR No 34 of 2020 of Thiruvananthapuram Railway Police Station and in order to produce before the jurisdictional magistrate court namely Chief Judicial Magistrate Court Thiruvananthapuram in CC No 81 of
2020 and the following information is applied under the RTI Act 2005.
1) Total number of CCTV cameras installed in platform no. 1 of Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station on 22-03-2020 and technical specification of the CCTV cameras installed in platform no.1.
2) Name and designation of the officer in charge of operation of CCTV Cameras inst
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