Don’t shield corrupt officers, HC tells police info panel
The Hindu
Authority told to publish names of such officers
The Kerala High Court verdict holding that the information authority under the police cannot shield the names of officers who have been found guilty or dismissed from service on charges of corruption or human rights violations has brought cheers to Right to Information (RTI) and human rights activists. Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan passed the verdict while disposing of a petition filed by the State Public Information Officer (Deputy Superintendent of Police) and Appellate Authority (Superintendent of Police) of the Crime Records Bureau, Thiruvananthapuram, against the State Information Commission’s directive to publish details of corrupt officers who are found guilty in a court of law or dismissed from service on charges of corruption and human rights violations and also upload the names of the officers against whom charges of corruption or human rights violation are established through investigation on the website of the police. The court, however, ordered that the details of officers against whom the offences had been established on investigation, but a conclusive finding has not been arrived at by a court of law need not be published.More Related News