Vipin Dhuliya vs Press Council Of India on 3 December, 2018
Now, Appellant has relied on a judgment of Hon'ble Delhi High Court in the
matter of Indian Federation of Small & Medium Newspapers vs. Press Council of
India dated 04.05.1995 to draw an analogy with the instant case, wherein Court
allowed the petitioner (rival claimants) to inspect the claim applications
Commission is of the considered opinion that the judgment relied upon by the
Appellant is not applicable to the instant case, even though the subject matter is
the same but the moot question is not with respect to the provisions of RTI Act in
the said judgment. It is to be noted that RTI Act provides for exemption of certain
categories of information and the case referred by the Appellant is not in the
context of the said Act or its exemptions. The exemptions of RTI Act cannot be
overruled on the mere premise of an analogy drawn from a judgment of superior
Court on a similar subject matter.