Supreme Court of India

Chief Information Commissioner v. High Court of Gujarat and Another.

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Bench R. Banumathi, A. S. Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 4 March 2020

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What the Court ordered

In the light of aforesaid reasonings, the impugned order dated 13.03.2014 passed by the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad in Letters Patent Appeal No.1348 of 2013 is confirmed and these appeals are dismissed.

Judgment, Para 44

From the headnote

Right to Information Act, 2005 – s. 19 – Gujarat High Court Rules, 1993 – rr. 149 to 154 – An RTI application was filed by respondent no. 2 seeking information pertaining to certain cases along with all relevant documents and certified copies – The Public Information Officer, Gujarat High Court informed respondent no. 2 that since he is not a party to the said proceedings, as per r. 151 of the Gujarat High Court Rules, his application should be accompanied by an affidavit stating the grounds for which the certified copies are required and on making such application, he will be supplied the certified copies of the documents as per Rules 149 to 154 of the Rules, 1993.

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