THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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Judgment delivered on: 21.05.2010

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WP (C) 12714/2009

DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

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Petitioner

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CENTRAL INFORMATION COM MISSION

AND ANOTHER

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Respondents

Advocates who appeared in this case:-

For the Petitioner

: Mr Ajay Verma

For the Respondent No.1

: Prof. K.K. Nigam

For the Respondent No.2

: Mr Sarabjit Roy (In person)

CORAM:-

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BADAR DURREZ AHMED

HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE VEENA BIRBAL

1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed

to see the judgment ?

Yes

2. To be referred to the Reporter or not ?

Yes

3. Whether the judgment should be reported in Digest ?

Yes

BADAR DURREZ AHMED, J

PREFACE

1.

Information is power. This is truer now, in this information age, than

ever before. In a democracy this power of information which the public

authorities possess is to be shared with the people. But at the same time, not

every piece of information is to be made public. There is the public interest

and democratic purpose in dissemination of information on the one hand and

the competing private rights and national interests in general non-disclosure,

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