The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday closed the
contempt proceedings against the state Chief Information Commissioner
and the Information Commissioner on a petition filed by Priyanka Gandhi
following an unconditional apology tendered by them.
The
Division Bench, comprising Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice
P.S. Rana passed the orders on the writ petition filed by Priyanka
Gandhi relating to their order on summoning records of land purchased by
her at Chharabra, 14km from Shimla.
Issuing the
contempt notice on the petition of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on September 11
last, the Division Bench had also directed both the respondents Bhim
Sen, the state Chief Election Commissioner and Information Commissioner
Kali Dass Batish to appear in person.
Ms Vadra had
alleged that despite the stay order passed by the High Court in her writ
petition, the Information Commission proceeded with the matter and had
summoned the records relating to the land purchased by her.
The
Information Commission had on July 23 rapped government officials,
including Deputy Commissioner Dinesh Malhotra, and summoned them for not
providing the desired information.
On the other
hand, the respondent state had filed a reply to the writ petition of
Pryinka Gandhi which was taken on record by the court.
RTI
Applicant Dev Ashish Bhattacharaya, who is also one of the respondents,
had filed an application seeking permission to bring some additional
documents on record.
The Court directed the respondents to file reply to the said application, if any, within three weeks. - PTI
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