[rtitimes] Bench of CIC asks CBI to produce records on Quattrocchi; (2) read proceedings of Lokpal Drafting Committee Meetings dated 16/04/2011, 07/05/2011 aand 23/05/2011

 

CIC asks CBI to produce records on Quattrocchi

TNN | May 26, 2011, 02.51am IST
NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission (CIC) rejected the CBI's plea and asked it to produce before it all the records related to Bofors case accused Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi.

A full bench of the CIC was of the view that all records related to the two-decade old case should be summoned but it was felt that since these records may run into tens of thousands of pages, only those, where disclosure was objected to by the CBI would be produced for perusal of the Commission.

The bench, comprising chief information commissioner Satyananda Mishra and information commissioners Annapurna Dixit and Deepak Sandhu, said the commission after perusal of the documents would decide which of them can be made public.

The rest of the documents, where CBI has no objection from disclosure, would be provided to RTI applicant Ajay Agrawal, the bench of the transparency panel held.

The CBI had earlier sought adjournment of the proceedings as the official dealing with the RTI application was not present but this request was rejected by the panel which said notice was given well in advance and CIC was working hard to cut down on pendency.

In his RTI application, Agrawal had sought to get from the CBI documents related to the case against Quattrocchi, correspondence exchanged with British authorities on defreezing of his accounts, opinions of agency sleuths and law officers on his extradition among others.
 
Read proceedings of Lokpal Drafting Committee Meetings and some other materials:-
http://www.lokpalbillconsultation.org/page.php?page=3
 

Minutes of First Meeting of Joint Committee on April 16 2011   
Discussions at third meeting of Jt Committee on 7th May 2011  
Discussions at fourth meeting of Jt Committee on 23rd May 2011   
Basic Principles of Lokpal Bill    
Additions and amendments to Basic Principles of Lokpal Bill    
LOKPAL BILL-Statement of Objects & Reasons