07.04.2008 | permalink
ON APRIL 23, the Delhi High Court will hear a case that is being dubbed as a ”conflict between commercial interests and public health”. There are two main players: the Central Information Commission (CIC) and the Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Corporation Company (MAHYCO). Fearing that its data on field trials of genetically modified food crops will become public, the company in December 2007 had filed a petition against the commission in the high court. The petition followed a Right To Information (RTI) application. Divya Raghunandan of the international NGO Greenpeace had sought disclosure of GM food trials in the country.