Hockey India vs CIC: Hockey India moves High Court challenging CIC’s order to reveal list of members, employee salaries –National Sports Federation, Hockey India, Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court challenging an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing it to disclose certain information, including list of its members and employee salaries under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
The matter came up before Justice Rekha Palli who asked the counsels for Hockey India, the RTI applicant and the Centre to place on records the documents being relied upon by them and listed the plea for further hearing on Thursday.
Hockey India has challenged the CIC’s December 13, 2021 order directing it to provide under the RTI the complete list of its members with their designation and official addresses, names of its employees along with their pay, and gross income.
The commission had also directed the NSF to give information pertaining to monthly rents paid by it at each of the addresses since the date of occupation and information relating to monetary transactions like cash withdrawals and fund transfer to bank accounts in foreign countries.
Hockey India vs CIC: Hockey India moves High Court challenging CIC’s order to reveal list of members, employee salaries
The petitioner claimed that the CIC order was patently illegal, arbitrary, unreasoned and passed in violation of settled principles of law and that it was contrary to section 8(1) of the RTI Act which related to exemption given from disclosing information.
Advocate Shyel Trehan, appearing for Hockey India, said the order was passed without giving any finding that disclosure of the information was necessary.
Hockey India vs CIC: Hockey India moves High Court challenging CIC’s order to reveal list of members, employee salaries
