Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 604 · Decided 13 December 2012
Manohar S/O Manikrao Anchule v. State of Maharashtra and Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 604 · [2012] 12 S.C.R. 850
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9095/2012
- Decided
- 13 December 2012
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- RTI Act Section 5
Headnote
Right to Information Act, 2005: c s.20 - Powers of the State Information Commission to . impose penalty and take disciplinary action against the employees - Scope and ambit of - Held: State Information Commissions exercise quasi judicial powers - They are vested with wide powers or D taking of disciplinary action against the employees - Provisions relating to penalty or to penal consequences have to be construed strictly. s.20(2) - Recommending disciplinary action against the Central/State Public Information Officer u/s. 20(2) - E Applicability of principle of natural
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