# VINOD KUMAR BINDAL vs CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSIONER AND ORS.

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2025-04-17
Citation: W.P.(C)-3171/2018 2025:DHC:2675
Petitioner: VINOD KUMAR BINDAL
Respondent: CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSIONER AND ORS.

[Official PDF on Delhi High Court website](https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/app/showFileJudgment/58717042025CW31712018_201425.pdf)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment pronounced on: 17.04.2025 W.P.(C) 3171/2018 VINOD KUMAR BINDAL .....Petitioner Through: Dr. Amit George, Advocate along with Mr. Siddharth Garg and Ms. Suparna Jain, Advocates. versus CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSIONER AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Atul Guleria, SPP, CBI along with Mr. Aryan Rakesh and Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA JUDGMENT 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the order dated 19.12.2017, passed by respondent no. 1, i.e., the Central Information Commission (CIC), in Appeal No. CIC/ MPERS/ A/2017/ 107414/MP. The impugned order dismissed the petitioner’s second appeal under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act). 2. The petitioner is a practicing Chartered Accountant, residing in New Delhi. His name was included in a list of “Undesirable Contact Men” (UCM) which was allegedly circulated by the CBI and subsequently published in various newspaper clippings. 3. Thereafter, these clippings, with the CBI’s emblem on them, were uploaded on the CBI’s official website. As per these reports, government W.P.(C) 3171/2018 4. The petitioner 

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