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Court asks Rajiv Gandhi Foundation to present accounts
Wednesday July 04, 2012 07:15:24 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court Wednesday directed the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) to
place on record its annual audited accounts to decide whether it
comes under the ambit of the Right to Information law.
The court's direction came on an appeal of advocate Shanmuga Patro
challenging the Dec 9, 2010, order of the chief information
commissioner dismissing his plea. He had sought a copy of the
constitution of the foundation which works for the
underprivileged.
The RGF was asked by Justice Rajiv Shakdher to file its accounts
from its inception till 2010-11 by Nov 21, the next date of
hearing.
"File the annual audited accounts right from inception till the
year 2010-11 along with a tabular statement indicating year-wise
overall income of the foundation and the component thereof
received from the central as well as state governments or the
instrumentalities thereof," said Justice Shakdher.
The CIC rejected Patro's plea saying that the foundation was not a
public authority and the information sought by him could not be
provided.
The petitioner alleged that the foundation had been receiving
funds from the government and was engaged in public activities by
virtue of which it assumed the character of a public authority.
The petitioner had filed an application seeking "a copy of the
constitution of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, a copy of the
bye-laws and rules and regulation of the foundation and a copy of
the documents showing organisational structure of the foundation".
The RGF in 2009 refused to provide the details on the grounds that
it was not a public authority.
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