Parveen Kumar v. State Information Commission & Anr.
Case at a glance
Outcome
Quashed
Accordingly, orders Annexure P-6 and P-8 are quashed to
Provisions considered
- Constitution of India arts. 226, 227
- Right to Information Act, 2005
Key paragraphs
- Para 44. Accordingly, orders Annexure P-6 and P-8 are quashed to enable the State Information Commission to address the issue afresh.
Judgment
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Present: Mr. Amit Mehta, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Ms. Rita Kohli, Addl. A.G., Punjab. AJAI LAMBA, J. (ORAL)
This petition has been filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing order dated 23.12.2009 Annexure P-6 and Annexure P- 8 dated 08.02.2010.
Learned counsel for the respondent-State contends that in case the Court permits, the issue can be re-addressed by State Information Commission in view of the ambiguity left in the order Annexure P-6 dated
23.12.2009.
In peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, the petition is disposed of with liberty to the State Information Commission to re-address the issue and pass appropriate orders as permissible in law after considering CWP No. 11625 of 2010 2 all the relevant facts and circumstances of the case within the ambit of Right to Information Act, 2005.
Operative part
Accordingly, orders Annexure P-6 and P-8 are quashed to enable the State Information Commission to address the issue afresh.
30.08.2010 shivani (AJAI LAMBA) JUDGE
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: Accordingly, orders Annexure P-6 and P-8 are quashed to
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Constitution of India — arts. 226, 227; Right to Information Act, 2005.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Punjab & Haryana High Court, on 30 Aug 2010. The bench was AJAI LAMBA.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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