Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 741 · Decided 17 August 2023
Kishan Chand Jain v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 741 · [2023] 11 S.C.R. 198
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 990/2021
- Decided
- 17 August 2023
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, J.B. PARDIWALA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32; RTI Act Section 4, 3, 25
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration : Direction sought by Writ Petitioner to implement the mandate of s.4 of the Right to Information Act, 2005. Right to Information Act, 2005 - ss. 3 and 4 - Obligation of public authorities Held : Power and accountability go hand in hand - While declaring that all citizens shall have the 'right to information' u/s.3 of the Act, the co- relative 'duty' in the form of obligation of public authorities is recognized in s.4 of the Act - The
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