TMI Blog2018 (3) TMI 1251X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... torate of Enforcement is included in the Second Schedule to the Act and, thus, cannot be called upon to disclose information under the provisions of the Act. The only exception carved out from the exclusionary clause of Section 24(1) of the Act relates to information pertaining to allegations of corruption and human rights violation. Undisputedly, the information sought for by the petitioner canno ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Act, 2005 (hereafter the Act ) by virtue of Section 24(1) of the Act. 3. The respondent had filed a complaint dated 02.02.2016 with the Enforcement Directorate, Ahmedabad, inter alia, alleging violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) by a company named M/s Thomas Cook (India) Limited. Thereafter, the respondent filed an application dated 21.04.2016 under the Act seeking in ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of the appeal by the impugned order, whereby it held that the respondent had every right to receive the information as sought for as it did not relate to any security issues. The CIC, further, held that the disclosure of such information was in larger public interest. 6. Plainly, the impugned order cannot be sustained as it is contrary to the expressed language of Section 24(1) of the Act. Sect ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t an organisation specified in the Second Schedule of the Act was excluded from the purview of the Act. 8. In view of the above, the petition and the pending application are allowed and the impugned order is set aside. However, it is clarified that this would not preclude the respondent from instituting any proceedings that he may be advised against M/s Thomas Cook (India) Limited, if so, entit ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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