SC stays govt directive to restrict info
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KATHMANDU, JAN 31 - The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a stay order on the government’s directive to restrict information of public importance as per law concerning Right to Information.
Earlier, the government had issued a new classified information directive restricting an individual, the media or any organisation from gaining 140 types of information, including those on big development projects, parliamentary decisions and major decisions of the government.
A single bench of Supreme Court Justice Baidya Nath Upadhyay issued the order after conducting the first hearing on the writ filed by Democratic Lawyers’ Association.
The SC has summoned both the parties to appear before the court on Jan 26 to discuss whether or not to continue the stay order.
The government directive has restricted an individual, the media or any organisation from gaining the information categorising it from 1 to 30 years, though the RTI Act 2007 restricts supply of only five category of information related to national sovereignty, security and judiciary.
Posted on: 2012-01-31 05:57
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