{"id":172307,"date":"2010-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-khem-lal-bansal-vs-punjab-and-haryana-high-court-on-5-august-2010"},"modified":"2018-04-01T22:06:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T16:36:42","slug":"mr-khem-lal-bansal-vs-punjab-and-haryana-high-court-on-5-august-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-khem-lal-bansal-vs-punjab-and-haryana-high-court-on-5-august-2010","title":{"rendered":"Mr.Khem Lal Bansal vs Punjab And Haryana High Court on 5 August, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Central Information Commission<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mr.Khem Lal Bansal vs Punjab And Haryana High Court on 5 August, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>                 CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION\n             Appeal No. CIC\/WB\/A\/2009\/000405 dated 27.3.2009\n               Right to Information Act 2005 - Section 19\n\nAppellant:           Shri Khem Lal Bansal,\nRespondent:          High Court of Punjab &amp; Haryana\n                 Heard &amp; Decision announced 5.08.2010\n\n\nFACTS<\/pre>\n<p>       By an application of 30.10.2008 Shri Khem Lal Bansal of Sector-28A,<br \/>\nChandigarh applied to CPIO, Punjab &amp; Haryana High Court seeking the<br \/>\nfollowing information:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>       &#8220;1.    If the concerned SSP, UT Chandigarh has sent his final<br \/>\n              action taken report to the concerned Registrar of Punjab<br \/>\n              and Haryana High court at Chandigarh, then please<br \/>\n              supply me the copy of the same.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>       2.     If the said SSP UT Chandigarh has not sent his final<br \/>\n              action report to the concerned Registrar of the Punjab<br \/>\n              and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh then whether any<br \/>\n              action has been taken or not on the issue. This<br \/>\n              information is required.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>       3.     If any action has not been taken against the concerned<br \/>\n              SSP UT Chandigarh for not sending his final action taken<br \/>\n              report then why not so?        This information is also<br \/>\n              required.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>       Upon this, appellant Shri Khem Lal Bansal received a response from Shri<br \/>\nKamal Kant, Deputy Registrar (Admn.), Punjab &amp; Haryana High Court dated<br \/>\n1.12.2008 informing him as follows:-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>        &#8220;It is informed that the report sent by SSP, UT, Chandigarh to<br \/>\n       this Court vide No. 1121-24\/UT\/Rd\/SSP dated 30.5.06 is being<br \/>\n       hereby, sent to you.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>       A copy of the order of 31.5.2006 was attached. Upon this, appellant Shri<br \/>\nKhem Lal Bansal moved an appeal before Shri H. S. Thakur, Registrar<br \/>\nAdministration, Punjab &amp; Haryana High Court pleading that the information<br \/>\nprovided was &#8216;improper and incomplete&#8217;.      Appellate Authority Shri Harnam<br \/>\nSingh then dismissed this appeal with the following order of 22.12.2008:-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>        &#8220;The required information sought for      by the appellant has<br \/>\n       already been supplied to him by Ld.        PIO. Although, it is<br \/>\n       contended by the appellant that the said   information vide report<br \/>\n       dated 30.5.2006 issued by SSP, UT           Chandigarh is not a<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                       1<\/span><br \/>\n       complete information in consonance with the order dated<br \/>\n      16.5.2006 passed by Hon&#8217;ble High court.              However, this<br \/>\n      contention of the appellant is devoid of legal force because if<br \/>\n      SSP, UT Chandigarh had not complied with the order of Hon&#8217;ble<br \/>\n      High court, then appellant is at liberty to file contempt petition if<br \/>\n      advised so. Therefore, no further information can be provided to<br \/>\n      the appellant in this regard.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>      Aggrieved with this order appellant Shri Khem Lal Bansal has then come<br \/>\nin second appeal before us with the following prayer:-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>       &#8220;Since, I am an affected person, so I have the right to<br \/>\n      sough reasons for the Administrative or quasi-judicial<br \/>\n      decisions. Further, the life and liberty of mien and my<br \/>\n      family are involved, so the information sought by me from<br \/>\n      the PIO concerned and later on, from the 1st appellate<br \/>\n      authority is justified and their reply is un-satisfactory rather<br \/>\n      incorrect, incomplete and misleading. So maximum relief,<br \/>\n      please, be given to me which could be possible from the<br \/>\n      side of the Commission.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>      He has grounded his prayer on the following argument:-<br \/>\n       &#8220;The PIO concerned and the 1st appellate authority has not<br \/>\n      properly followed\/ adopted the procedure which they can adopt<br \/>\n      to supply me satisfactory reasoning of the sought information.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>      The appeal was heard through video-conferencing on 5-8-2010. The<br \/>\nfollowing are present.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Appellant at NIC Studio Chandigarh<br \/>\n      Shri Khem Lal Bansal<br \/>\n      Respondents at NIC Studio Chandigarh<br \/>\n      Shri Harnam Singh, Appellate Authority<br \/>\n      Shri O. P. Vig, PIO &amp; Jt. Registrar<br \/>\n      Shri Ranjit Singh, APIO<\/p>\n<p>      Shri O. P. Vig, PIO &amp; Jt. Registrar submitted that the Hon&#8217;ble High Court<br \/>\nin its order in CWP No. 7515 of 2006 announced on 16.5.2006 to which<br \/>\nreference has been made by appellant Shri Khem Lal Bansal has not asked for<br \/>\nany report. This order of a Division Bench is as follows:-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>       &#8220;We dispose of the writ petition at this stage with a direction to<br \/>\n      respondent No. 3 to take a decision on the complaint Annexure<br \/>\n      P-8) by passing a speaking order within a period of two months<br \/>\n      of the receipt of a certified copy of this order.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>      It was, therefore, not necessary for SSP to submit a report on the action<br \/>\ntaken to the High Court but since he had done so and the information is held by<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                       2<\/span><br \/>\n the High Court this has been provided to appellant Shri Khem Lal Bansal.<br \/>\nThere are no other documents asked for that are held by the Hon&#8217;ble High<br \/>\nCourt, which they can share with appellant.\n<\/p>\n<p>          Appellant Shri Khem Lal Bansal on the other hand submitted that the<br \/>\norder of the High Court is not a speaking order; therefore, he wished to know<br \/>\nthe reasons why the Hon&#8217;ble High Court has reached this decision.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                DECISION NOTICE<\/p>\n<p>          In cases of this nature where applicant under the RTI Act is seeking<br \/>\nreasons for an order issued by Hon&#8217;ble Court we have a definitive ruling from<br \/>\nthe Supreme Court of India in SLP (Civil) No. 34868\/2009; Khanapuram<br \/>\nGandaiah Vs. Administrative Officer and Ors in which the Hon&#8217;ble Court<br \/>\nhas held as follows:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>          &#8220;6. Under the RTI Act &#8220;information&#8221; is defined under Section 2(f)<br \/>\n             which provides:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                 information&#8221; means any material in any form, including<br \/>\n                 records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices,<br \/>\n                 press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts,<br \/>\n                 report, papers, samples, models, data material held in<br \/>\n                 any electronic form and information relating to any private<br \/>\n                 body which can be accessed by a public authority under<br \/>\n                 any other law for the time being in force.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          This definition shows that an applicant under Section 6 of the<br \/>\n          RTI Act can get any information which is already in existence<br \/>\n          and accessible to the public authority under law. Of course,<br \/>\n          under the RTI Act an applicant is entitled to get copy of the<br \/>\n          opinions, advices, circulars, orders, etc., but he cannot ask for<br \/>\n          any information as to why such opinions, advices, circulars,<br \/>\n          orders, etc. have been passed, especially in matters pertaining<br \/>\n          to judicial decisions. A judge speaks through his judgments or<br \/>\n          orders passed by him. If any party feels aggrieved by the<br \/>\n          order\/judgment passed by a judge, the remedy available to such<br \/>\n          a party is either to challenge the same by way of appeal or by<br \/>\n          revision or any other legally permissible mode. No litigant can be<br \/>\n          allowed to seek information as to why and for what reasons the<br \/>\n          judge had come to a particular decision or conclusion. A judge<br \/>\n          is not bound to explain later on for what reasons he had<br \/>\n          come to such a conclusion1.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<p>    Emphasis ours<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                          3<\/span><br \/>\n            Under the circumstances it is not for this Commission or indeed the<br \/>\nCPIO to ask for reasons with regard to passing of a decision by any Judge of<br \/>\nthe High Court or the Apex Court. If on the other hand the decision has raised<br \/>\nsome doubt for appellant, there are various legal mechanisms to challenge a<br \/>\ndecision before a Full Bench of the High Court or SLP to the Supreme Court.<br \/>\nWe can only conclude, like Appellate Authority Shri Harnam Singh that the<br \/>\ninformation in this case as held by the Hon&#8217;ble Court and which alone is<br \/>\naccessible under the &#8216;right to information&#8217; as defined in Sec 2(j) of the Act has,<br \/>\nin fact, been provided to appellant Shri Bansal.\n<\/p>\n<p>           Notwithstanding the above, however, the attention of the Registrar of<br \/>\nPunjab &amp; Haryana High Court is invited to section 7 (9) of the RTI Act which<br \/>\nclearly states as follows:-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>           &#8216;An information shall ordinarily be provided in the form which it is<br \/>\n           sought2&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>           In this case appellant Shri Khem Lal Bansal had sought information in<br \/>\nthe form of three questions. He should have got an answer to each of the three.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, because such information as is held by the Registry of the High Court<br \/>\nof Punjab &amp; Haryana has indeed been provided to Shri Bansal, there is no<br \/>\ncause of any further action by this Commission. Nevertheless, the above may<br \/>\nbe noted as our observation by CPIO High Court of Punjab &amp; Haryana whilst<br \/>\ndealing with RTI Applications in future.\n<\/p>\n<p>           Announced in the hearing. Notice of this decision be given free of cost to<br \/>\nthe parties.\n<\/p>\n<p> (Wajahat Habibullah)<br \/>\n Chief Information Commissioner<br \/>\n 5-8-2010<br \/>\n Authenticated true copy. Additional copies of orders shall be supplied against<br \/>\n application and payment of the charges prescribed under the Act to the CPIO<br \/>\n of this Commission.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>    Underlined by us for emphasis<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                            4<\/span><br \/>\n (Pankaj K.P. Shreyaskar)<br \/>\nJoint Registrar<br \/>\n5-8-2010<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                           5<\/span>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Information Commission Mr.Khem Lal Bansal vs Punjab And Haryana High Court on 5 August, 2010 CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION Appeal No. CIC\/WB\/A\/2009\/000405 dated 27.3.2009 Right to Information Act 2005 &#8211; Section 19 Appellant: Shri Khem Lal Bansal, Respondent: High Court of Punjab &amp; Haryana Heard &amp; Decision announced 5.08.2010 FACTS By an application of 30.10.2008 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-central-information-commission","category-judgements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mr.Khem Lal Bansal vs Punjab And Haryana High Court on 5 August, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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