Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 589 · Decided 13 December 2012
Bihar Public Service Commission v. Saiyed Hussain Abbas Rizwi & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 589 · [2012] 11 S.C.R. 1032
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9052/2012
- Decided
- 13 December 2012
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 315; RTI Act Section 2(h), 8
Headnote
RIGHT TO INFORMATON ACT, 2005 s. 2(h) - 'Public authority' - Held: Public Service · Commission shall be a public authority within the scope of s.2(h). ss. 8(1 )(g), and 11 - Disclosure of names and addresses D of members of interview board constituted by State - Held: If in the opinion of the authority concerned there is danger to life or possibility of danger to physical safety of members, the State Information Commission would be entitled to bring such case within the E exemption of s. 8(1)(g) - Direction to furnish the names and addresses of the
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