this is a privat forum . i think CIC have no business peeping into private forums .Political parties shout in house of the floor "Gali Gali me shor hai . Rajive gandhi Chor hai " But no one sees contemt here .
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Ramnarayan.K <[email protected]>wrote: > > > This is interesting. > > Umapathi ji, sorry i don't have immediate advice on how to proceed > with what you should do. However your mail itself has raised some > issues which are in between or below your mail. > > > On 8/26/10, umapathi <[email protected] <umi_sbs%40yahoo.com>> wrote: > > Dear Members, I wish to bring to the kind notice of all members of this > > Group that I have received a notice from CIC regarding initiation of > > contempt proceedings under section 10 of contempts of courts Act 1971. > The > > reason for this is my posting on this group wherein I had complained > against > > the IC AN Tiwari ( pl see my earlier posting on the subject on 17th > August > > -2010 under the Thread "complaint of Misbehaviour against IC AN TIWARI.) > The > > printout of the said postings made on this Group website is also enclosed > > by CIC with Notice. According to them , the last two sentence of the said > > posting constiutes contempt of Courts.the same is reprodcued here " Now > > they are acting as a corrupt public servants. It is high time, such > > information commissioner should be exposed to public of their corrupt > > motives. > > So mails from / on this list, which apart from being public, are also > being brought to the notice of the CIC , and i suppose other > "intelligence" authorities. > > My larger concern here is that such info, while not private, would > still need to be brought to the notice of the "said" authoriries. > Which would also mean we have reverse whistle blowers on the list or > the said IC's are monitoring the activities of this list. Which in > turn mean that people ought to be more careful about what they say and > plan while on the list. > > > > > > I have been directed to submit reply within seven days or tender an > > unconditional apology within seven days to IC AN Tiwari. In this > connection, > > kindly suggest your views and opinions regarding the legality of CIC > notice > > of contempt proceedings.Can our fundamental right to speech and > expression > > be curtailed by CIC by initiating the contempt proceedings on us ? can > CIC > > exercise such power? please suggest your views so that same can be > > incorporated in my reply to CIC. Regards. > > What are the provisions of this "fundamental freedom of speech" where > does that end and where does contempt begin. > > Regarding what the IC can and can't do am sure the other better > informed people will advise better. > > However a few questions (please excuse use of words that are not > judicially appropriate) > 1. Are the precedents of IC / CIC contempt of court actions > 2. What will the "punishment" for contempt of court involve > 3. What is the applicability of Contempt of court - if the IC / CIC > cannot implement this can they in turn be made actionable for > "illegal" actions. > > ram > > >
