Mr.

Milan Kumar Dey

Chairman, Executive Committee and Appellate Public Information Officer
Bar Council of India
New Delhi

19th October 2010

Sub: Appeal under s.19 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 arising from
my RTI application dated 10th August 2010.

Dear Mr. Dey,

In response to my RTI application dated 10th August 2010 (Annexure-I), I

received a response from the Bar Council of India dated 21st September 2010
(Annexure-II). This is an appeal, under s.19 of the RTI Act 2005, arising out of
the response of the Bar Council of India.

I request you to reconsider the following issues:

1. In response to query no.10 in my original RTI application dated 10th August

2010, where I had sought all contracts/ memorandums of understanding and/ or
agreements between the Bar Council and Rainmaker, the Bar Council of India has
claimed an exemption under s.8(1)(e) of the RTI Act 2005 as information
available in a fiduciary relationship.

Apart from requesting you to reconsider the Bar Council of India’s position that
this is information available in a fiduciary relationship, I would also request you
to provide this information in the ‘larger public interest’ as provided in s.8(1)(e)
of the RTI Act 2005. Since this information relates to the spending of public
money, I would request you to provide this information even if the Bar Council of
India believes it to be information available in a fiduciary relationship.

2. In response to query no.11 in my original RTI application, where information

was sought on the amounts already paid and also on amounts proposed to be
paid by the Bar Council of India to Rainmaker, the Bar Council of India has only
stated that no money has been paid to Rainmaker. As is evident, the information
sought on amounts to be paid in the future to Rainmaker has not been provided. I
request you to provide information on the amounts that the Bar Council of India
will pay Rainmaker in the future.

Since I did not receive the information from the Bar Council of India, requested
in my original RTI application dated 10th August 2010, within the thirty (30) day
time period stipulated by s. 7(1) of the RTI Act 2005, I also request you to refund
Rs.500 as per s.7(6) of the RTI Act, paid to the Bar Council of India along with my
original RTI application vide Demand Draft No. 211772 drawn on Syndicate
Bank dated 9th August 2010, and provide the information free of charge. A copy
of the receipt is attached (Annexure III).
…contd on p.2
As per the requirement of the RTI Act, my address at which information may be
provided is:

Anup Surendranath
C/o Rekha Hari
No. 12-B, Shantiniketan
5th Cross, Ganesha Block
Off Dinnur Main Road, R.T Nagar
Bangalore 560032

Sincerely,

(Anup Surendranath)

Enclosures:

i) Annexure-I: Copy of the original RTI application dated 10th August

2010
ii) Annexure-II: Copy of the Bar Council of India’s response dated 21st
September 2010
iii) Annexure-III: Copy of Receipt No. 974 issued by the Bar Council of
India acknowledging payment of Rs. 500 to the Bar Council of India
vide Demand Draft No. 211772 drawn on Syndicate Bank dated 9th
August 2010.