[Anuj Dhar]

Here is some additional info. It's from the CIC directive itself. The following are MHA's resons to not to give us the relevant papers:

That the documents sought under the RTI Act are voluminous and top secret in nature and may lead to chaos in the country if disclosed.

That the information asked for is more than 20 years old and as such, its disclosure is exempted under section 8(3) of the RTI Act. They also submitted that the committee appointed to go into the disappearance part of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose has come to the conclusion that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose died in an air crash. It was tabled before the Parliament and is in public domain. So, there is nothing that the Government hides in this respect. They also submitted that the findings of the Committee are also in public domain.

That apart from the 202 exhibits which the complainant had requested, there are 308 more exhibits running into 70,000 pages and, therefore, to give copies of all of those are a Herculean task.

That the decision concerning disclosure has to be taken at the highest level and that they cannot say any thing on their own.

I wonder what the highest level is? Sonia Gandhi?!