Time Line
February 2006: Divya Raghunandan of Greenpeace files RTI application with Department of Biotechnology (DBT), seeking data on gm plants
March 2006: DBT gives information on trial sites; says rest of the data is confidential and proprietary and cannot be shared
April 2006: Raghunandan goes to DBT's Appellate Authority for help
May 2006: Appellate authority asks its public information officer to provide data on toxicity of BT brinjal by June 15; asks her to inform MAHYCO
August 2006: Raghunandan complains to Central Information Commission (CIC) that the information was not complete
January 2007: DBT asks MAHYCO if certain information on trials of BT brinjal can be disclosed. MAHYCO says no
April 2007: CIC tells DBT that information should be disclosed for public good
May 2007: No information made available; Raghunandan goes to CIC again
November 2007: CIC, MAHYCO, DBT, Greenpeace meet; MAHYCO says the information is proprietary and should not be disclosed. CIC says again that the information should be disclosed
December 2007: MAHYCO moves Delhi High Court
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