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most of the political parties expressed their opinion in negative in
respect of disclosure and supplying of those reports to the petitioners;
therefore, the Commission considering the opinion of those political
parties, decided not to disclose and supply those information to the
petitioners.
He next submits that some of the political parties expressed
their opinion in positive in respect of disclosure and supplying of
those reports to the petitioners; therefore, the Commission acted
according to their opinion and disclosed and supplied that information
to the petitioners. He goes to argue that the Commission acted in
accordance with the provisions of the RTI Act and thereby committed
no illegality.
He further submits that section 7 of the RTI Act provides for
the conditions when disclosure of information is not mandatory; and
the condition of section 7 (d) of the said Act is more relevant to the
present matter. On the other hand, the petitioners did not make out a
case of larger public interest before the Election Commission or
Information Commission as against the confidentiality pleaded by the
political parties for non-disclosure of the relevant information as such
the Election Commission or the Information Commission did not at all
have the opportunity to consider any issue of public interest. He
further argues that since the plea of confidentiality of the political
parties has already been approved by the respondent No.1 the
requirement of prior approval from the respondent No.1 under the