The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside a Central Information Commission (CIC) order to the government to reveal the communication between former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and president K R Narayanan over the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Judge Anil Kumar gave the order, allowing the Centre’s appeal against the CIC’s directions.
“In the facts and circumstances, the order of CIC of August 8, 2006, is liable to be set aside and CIC cannot direct the petitioner (Centre) to produce the correspondence between the president and the prime Minister,” the justice said.
“Since CIC is not entitled to peruse the correspondence between the president and the prime minister, as it is be barred under Article 74(2) of the Constitution of India, the application of the petitioner seeking such an information will also be not maintainable,” he added.