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Overseas Indian Citizens entitled to info under RTI Act: SC

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court opined that an Overseas Indian Citizen (OIC) is entitled to seek information from the authorities under the Right to Information Act (RTI).

A bench of Justices S B Sinha and H S Bedi asked Kunal Saha, an OIC from the US to move a fresh application by citing his OIC status before the Medical Council of India (MCI), Kolkata branch for seeking information on the inquiry report pertaining to his wife's death.

Earlier, two doctors were convicted by a court in Alipore (in Kolkata) for their alleged medical negligence relating to the death of Kunal Saha's wife Anuradha, a paediatrician who was suffering from a rare skin disease.

However, the Calcutta High Court acquitted the doctors of the charges following which he filed an appeal in the apex court.

During the pendency of the SLP, Saha under the Right To Information Act (RTI) sought the report of the inquiry committee appointed by the MCI to probe Anuradha's death, which was declined by the regulatory body on the ground that as an NRI, he was not entitled to it.

Overseas Indian Citizens entitled to info under RTI Act: SC -India-The Times of India