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Delhi High Court upholds privacy of travel information under RTI Act

12/04/2024 09:06 PM | Click to read full article

Justice Subramonium Prasad reiterated this principle while dismissing a plea filed by Mumbai twin blast case death row convict Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui, who sought travel details of a witness. Siddiqui’s request for information on a witness’s travel from Mumbai to Hong Kong was denied by the Central Information Commission (CIC) and the Bureau of Immigration, citing exemptions under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act.

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