"The stand taken in the hearing by respondents (ISRO) that matters concerning the Ministry of Defence do not concern public activity is absurd. Are we to infer thereby that in the view of the department of space, all that the Ministry of Defence is occupied with is private activity," asked the Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah.
The Commission directed the ISRO to re-examine the plea of Delhi resident Harish V Shankar, seeking information on 17 counts pertaining to the relationship between Semiconductor Complex Ltd (SCL) and Director General Married Accommodation Project (DGMAP).
To Shankar's queries, the department of space had denied the details, citing exemptions under the RTI Act and taking a stand that the information sought had no relationship to any public activity or interest.
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