Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Public authority |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Right to Information Act, 2005: s. 2(b) - 'Public authority' - Whether includes Co- operative Societies registered under Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, and hence whether such society bound to provide information sought under the RT/ Act - Held: The definition of 'public authority' under RTI Act includes the bodies which are owned, controlled or substantially financed, directly or indirectly, by funds provided by the appropriate Government and also by Non-Government Organizations (which are substantially financed, directly or indirectly, by funds provided by the appropriate Government) - The cooperative societies in question, will not fall within the definition of 'public authority' as defined u/s. 2(h), as they are not owned, controlled or substantially financed by the appropriate Government - Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969. s. 2(h) - 'Public authority' - Connotation of - Held: Bodies which are owned, controlled or substantially financed, directly or indirectly, by funds provided by the appropriate government and also by Non-Government Organizations (substantially financed, directly or indirectly by funds provided by the appropriate Government) - A body, institution or an organization, which is neither a State (within the meaning of Art. 12 of the Constitution) nor its instrumentalities, may still answer the definition of 'public authority'. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan |
Neutral Citation | 2013 INSC 684 |
Petitioner | Thalappalam Ser. Coop. Bank Ltd. And Ors. |
Respondent | State Of Kerala And Ors. |
SCR | [2013] 14 S.C.R. 475 |
Judgement Date | 2013-10-07 |
Case Number | 9017 |
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