Delhi HC seeks MHA response on plea seeking data on electronic surveillance

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to file a reply to a petition pertaining to an RTI request related to the scope of electronic surveillance in India.

Granting six weeks to the Centre to respond to the petition filed by Apar Gupta, the co-founder and executive director of the NGO Internet Freedom Foundation, against a verdict passed by the Central Information Commission in January, Justice Yashwant Varma listed the matter for next hearing on November 9.

The CIC in the decision had accepted the MHA stand that the data sought by Gupta has been destroyed.