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2015 (6) TMI 293 - HC - Indian LawsDenial of information sought for - Information regarding proceedings for complaint filed by the appellant - Held that:- Investigation in the matter be conducted by the CBI, Delhi. All records pertaining to the case, which were with the CBI, Chandigarh and the Chandigarh Police, were directed to be handed over to the CBI, Delhi. It was maintained by learned counsel appearing for the CBI, before learned Single Judge, that the investigation in the matter was not just confined to the FIR registered by the Chandigarh Police, rather, the matter as a whole was under investigation including the illegalities and irregularities pointed out even by the appellant in a complaint made by him. - provisions of Section 8(1)(h) attracts itself to the matter. Respondent No. 1, is well within its right to claim exemption from disclosure of information under the said clause. Provisions of Section 8(1)(h) are clear, conscious and incapable of any misconstruction. The same postulates that the information that would impede the process of investigation or apprehension or prosecution of offenders, notwithstanding anything contained in the Act, there shall be no obligation to give the said information to any citizen. - provisions of Clause (h) does not take only the process of investigation within its sweep but also the prosecution of offenders as well - Decided against appellant.
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