THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM v. STATE CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER
Case at a glance
- Order date
- 28 May 2025
- Bench
- ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY
Provisions considered
Key paragraphs
- Para 33. Be that as it may, as none appears for the petitioner on call, the matter stands dismissed for non prosecution. JUDGE Comparing Assistant
Judgment
THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/4796/2021 DULAL BORA S/O DEBEN BORA, R/A H/N-118, RAJIB GANDHI PATH, KOINADHORA, P.O.- KHANAPARA, GUWAHATI, DIST-KAMRUP(M), PIN-781022, ASSAM VERSUS STATE CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER, ASSAM AND 3 ORS. JONAKI COMPLEX, SILPAGRAM ROAD, PANJABARI, GUWAHATI-781037, DIST-KAMRUP(M), ASSAM 2:THE STATE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER ASAM JONAKI COMPLEX SILPAGRAM ROAD PANJABARI GUWAHATI-781037 DIST-KAMRUP(M) ASSAM 3:THE JOINT REGISTRAR ASSAM INFORMATION COMMISION JONAKI COMPLEX SILPAGRAM ROAD PANJABARI GUWAHATI-781037 DIST-KAMRUP(M) ASSAM 4:THE OFFICE OF THE ASSAM INFORMATION COMMISSION JONAKI COMPLEX SILPAGRAM ROAD PANJABARI GUWAHATI-781037 DIST-KAMRUP(M) Page No.# 2/2 ASSA Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. P BORAH, MS H B BARMAN Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY Date : 28.05.2025 ORDER
None appears for the petitioner on call.
This court under its order dated 10.04.2023, taking note of the observations made in impugned order dated 24.12.2020, passed by the Assam Information Commission in Case No.SIC/AE.83/2020, directed the petitioner to file an affidavit by specifically stating the number of petitions he had made before the various government authorities under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act) and also to state the number of first appeals and second appeals filed under the RTI Act, 2005 inasmuch as it was observed in the impugned order that the petitioner is using the tool of RTI for extortions and as per CID reports, 31 criminal cases under the IPC relating to extortion are pending against him.
Be that as it may, as none appears for the petitioner on call, the matter stands dismissed for non prosecution. JUDGE Comparing Assistant
Questions this judgment answers
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Right to Information Act, 2005; Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Gauhati High Court, on 28 May 2025. The bench was ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
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