Supreme Court of India

Manohar S/o Manikrao Anchule v. State of Maharashtra and Anr

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Reported as [2012] 12 S.C.R. 850
Bench Swatanter Kumar and Madan B. Lokur JJ.
Decided 13 December 2012

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We are of the considered opinion that the appellant C had shown that the default, if any on his part, was not without reasonable cause or result of a persistent default on his part.

Judgment, page 31

From the 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 including imposition of penalty or 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) - Applicability of principle of

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