Delhi’s Constitution Club, that seves as a forum for “interacton amongst the past and present member of Parliament”, will now be covered under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, a division bench of t
Delhi’s Constitution Club, that seves as a forum for “interacton amongst the past and present member of Parliament”, will now be covered under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, a division bench of the Central Information Commission (CIC) has held.
A bench of information commissioners Sudhir Bhargava and Sridhar Acharyulu has declared the posh Rafi Marg club as a “public authority” under the RTI Act.
As per Section 2 (H) of the RTI Act, a public authority means any authority or body or institution established or constituted; by or under the Constitution, by any other law made by Parliament or state legislature, by notification issued or order made by the appropriate Government.
It includes any body owned, controlled or substantially financed; non-government organisation substantially financed, directly or indirectly by funds provided by the appropriate government.
Following the directives of the CIC, the club will have to set up apparatus for processing RTI applications. The directives came on the plea of RTI activist Subhash Agrawal.
“The division bench of CIC has declared Constitution Club as public authority under the Right to Information Act,” Mr Agrawal said.
The Constitution Club of India was established in February 1947 for the members of the Indian Constituent Assembly — which framed the country’s Constitution. But it later emerged as a forum for past and present parliamentarians.
The club has four conference halls, indoor and outdoor catering service, coffee shops, billboard room, four lounges, gym, spa and a unisex salon.
