third party has treated it as confidential. The PIO must send a letter to the third
party within 5 days of receipt of the RTI ... inform the appellant and the third party of his
decision. If the third party wishes to appeal against the decision
allow Joint inspection of third party property to a RTI Applicant. Section 18
further does not grant power to the CIC to disclose any information ... same as
claiming right to 'inspection' of third party property under the RTI Act .
Such interpretation taken by the Appellant of the Observations
does not give a third party an unrestrained veto to refuse
disclosing information. It only gives the third party an opportunity to voice
its objections ... which requires the
PIO to approach a third party if the information sought relates to such
third party. Section 11 is not a substantive provision
section (1) to a third party in respect of any
information or record or part thereof, the third party shall,
within ten days from ... information sought
pertains to a third party, in this case, R&AW, then without notice to such
third party and hearing its views
pertaining to third party,
which cannot be revealed without the consent of the third party under the RTI Act .
This Argument is absolutely flawed ... utmost
transparency cannot plead exemption of third party information. In fact, the
information sought is not a third party information vis-à-vis Hockey India
information
sought pertained to third party and the third party was being consulted u/s 11(1) of the
RTI Act, 2005. The appellant, however ... that the information sought pertained
to third party (CBI, Lucknow in the present case) and the third party had been
addressed for their consent
because the third-parties did not object to such
disclosure.
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4. Appellate Authority had also consulted the third-parties in regard ... third-parties in this matter does not have legs to stand.
14. The definition of third-parties in the RTI Act is contained in Section
information is related to the third party i.e.
M/S Escorts Ltd.
10. The third party counsel submitted that a competitor is asking ... harm the competitive position of a third party. In
the instant case, it is evident that the Third Party to whom the information
relates, have
details of the Third
Party Information, the Public Information Officer must
issue notice to such third party within five days from the
date ... highlighted by the third-
party. Therefore, in cases where information sought is both
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Personal Information and Third Party Information as in the
case where
third party and has been treated as confidential by that third party, the PIO shall
invite submissions from the third party whether such information shall ... third party and has been treated as confidential by that third party'. On receipt of
submissions from the third party, Section
