Right to Information Act, 2005, Section 2(j) -- Right to Information - Means the right to information accessible under this Act which is held by or under the control of any public authority and includes the right to : (i) inspection of work, documents, records; (ii) taking notes, extracts, or certified copies of documents or records; (iii) taking certified samples of..........
Right, Information Act, 2005, Section 2(f), 2(j), 8(e)(j) -- Recruitment - Preliminary Examination HCS(Executive Branch) 2009 Information - Right to information - Exemption clause - Seeking of information with regard to Model Key Code, which has direct relationship with the conduct of examination for public employment, cannot be termed as unwarranted invasion of the..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(1)(x) -- Quashing of proceedings - Accused insulted informant by uttering words 'Harizan-Dusad MLAs' - Words uttered cannot be construed to mean that accused insulted or intimidated informant with a view to humiliate him being a member of SC or..........
Right to Information Act, 2005, Section 2, 8 -- Information sought as to properties of petitioner who was posted as Food Supply Controller - Information denied - State Information Commissioner allowed appeal and direction was issued to supply the information - Petitioner challenged the order on the ground that information was exempted u/s 8(2)(i) of the Act due to invasion..........
Right to Information Act, 2005, Section 2(n) -- Information of property of Food Supply Controller - Information denied - First Appellate Authority directed State Public Information Officer to supply the information - Held, question of providing any opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, does not arise at all...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 197 -- Public servant - Sanction for prosecution - A police constable, who is detaining a person in custody, cannot be permitted to assault or slap him while taking him from a place to the police station concerned...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 197 -- Public servant - Sanction for prosecution - Railway officials abusing and assaulting complainant on protesting illegal vending of reservation tickets - Their act not in discharge of their official duty while they are abusing, confining and assaulting a passenger who had gone to the counter to purchase a ticket or demanded the..........
Right to Information Act, 2005, Section 20, 23 -- Penalty of Rs.25, 000/- imposed on Central Public Information Officer for delayed supplying of information - Penalty slashed to Rs.5, 000/- - Held, reduction in penalty justified when reasonable period of time is consumed for perusal of information sought, thereby causing delay in supplying information sought...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 321 -- Withdrawal of prosecution - Executive authority - Held, it is Public Prosecutor, and not any executive authority, who is entrusted by the Code with power to withdraw from a prosecution and that also with consent of court - Consent of court u/s 321 is a condition for withdrawal and is imposed as a check on exercise of that power..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 321 -- Withdrawal of prosecution - Breach of peace - Apprehension of - Held, where Public Prosecutor seeking withdrawal so as to maintain peace among people living in border area of a village and to prevent unpleasant situation in area is itself not a ground on basis of which withdrawal application should be moved or allowed by court..........
