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RTI Act & disclosure of information in anti-dumping investigation -
Disclosure of information by the Designated Authority in an anti-dumping investigation is regulated to a large extent by Rule 6(7) as well as Rule 7 of the Anti-dumping Rules. Though not making available the relied upon documents to the affected parties has been always condemned by Courts, interested party in such investigations finds it difficult to get information obtained by the Designated Authority from a third party. According to the author, Right To Information Act (RTI Act) may be the answer in this case. Pondering over various provisions of RTI Act, it is opined that where an application is made by any person, Designated Authority will have to disclose the information, if Section 8 and Section 11 of RTI Act are not attracted. The article concludes that with RTI Act coming into picture, a quasi-judicial authority may find it difficult to withhold publicly available information from the parties.
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