Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) has welcomed the order of State Information Commission (SIC) directing disclosure of ML Koul report on 2010 killings.
JKCCS spokesperson in a statement said in response to the second appeal filed by advocate Parvez Imroz, who had sought information regarding the copy of (Retd) Justice Makhan Lal Koul Commission Report on 2010 killings under JK RTI Act, the State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the Home Department to provide the copy of the report to the appellant.
“The SIC order is a positive one as it underscores the need for transparency and accountability, for which the Commission was constituted by the previous government. However, it is somewhat strange that the order invokes provisions of section 8 of JK RTI Act (2009) when the Home department in their counter-reply hasn’t invoked any provisions of JK RTI Act and rejected disclosing information on the grounds that ‘the ML Koul Report is currently under examination,” the statement said.