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Thalappalam Ser. Coop. Bank Ltd. and Ors. v. State of Kerala and Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 14 S.C.R. 475
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and A.K. Sikri JJ.
Decided 7 October 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court has given a G complete go-bye to the above-mentioned statutory principles and gone at a tangent by mis-interpreting the meaning and content of Section 2(h) of the RTI Act.

Judgment, page 42

From the headnote

Right to Information Act, 2005: s. 2(b) - 'Public authority' - Whether includes Co- c operative Societies registered under Kera/a 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 RT/ 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) -

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Of those, 3 relied on · 5 referred to

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