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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Electoral Bonds: 'No Public Interest' in Revealing Details of Political Donors, Says Top RTI Body

Electoral Bonds: 'No Public Interest' in Revealing Details of Political Donors, Says Top RTI Body

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published Published on Dec 23, 2020   modified Modified on Dec 24, 2020

-TheWire.in

While dismissing an appeal, the statutory body also held that revealing the details of donors would violate the provisions of the Right to Information Act.

New Delhi: In a significant ruling, the Central Information Commission has held that disclosing the identities of the electoral bond scheme donors is not in the public interest.

The statutory body for the implementation for the RTI Act also held that revealing the details of donors would violate the provisions of the Right to Information Act, the Indian Express reported.

While dismissing an appeal by Maharashtra-based activist Vihar Durve, who had sought information about scheme donors, the information commissioner Suresh Chandra said that “there appears to be no larger public interest overriding the right of privacy of the donors and donees concerned”.

The information commissioner further held that the “disclosure of names of donors and the donees may be in contravention of provisions contained in section 8 (1) (e) ( j ) of the RTI Act itself, which exempt a public authority to give a citizen information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship, unless the competent authority is satisfied that the larger public interest warrant the disclosure of such information”.

The activist said that the CIC order was as an “unreasoned” one as it does not mention objections by the Election Commission, Reserve Bank of India or law ministry.

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TheWire.in, 23 December, 2020, https://thewire.in/government/electoral-bonds-central-information-commission


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