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Punjab And Haryana High Court: RTI Act Does Not Give Right To Seek Information With Motive To Harass
The Business Guardian
|March 19, 2025
The court stated that the information is being sought by the applicant, cannot be given.
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court in the case Punjab State Federation of Co-operative Sugar Mills Ltd. v. The State Information Commission, Punjab and another observed and has stated that the Right to Information Act, RTI Act does not give right to anyone in order to seek information with a motive which amounts to harassing the employees of the Department.
The court observed that the information of the complete record of the Department was sought from the Cooperative Society by a lawyer.
The bench headed by Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi stated that, 'The Right to Information Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred as RTI Act, 2005) has been enacted to ensure the transparency of work within the Departments.
The same does not give a right to anyone to seek information with a motive, which amounts to harassing the employees of the Department.'
This story is from the March 19, 2025 edition of The Business Guardian.
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