{"id":174198,"date":"2009-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-v-k-agarwal-vs-high-court-of-delhi-on-17-december-2009"},"modified":"2017-08-15T17:29:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T11:59:50","slug":"shri-v-k-agarwal-vs-high-court-of-delhi-on-17-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-v-k-agarwal-vs-high-court-of-delhi-on-17-december-2009","title":{"rendered":"Shri V. K. Agarwal vs High Court Of Delhi on 17 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Central Information Commission<\/div>\n
Shri V. K. Agarwal vs High Court Of Delhi on 17 December, 2009<\/div>\n
                         CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION\n                           Appeal No.CIC\/WB\/A\/2008\/01227 dated 11.7.2008\n                             Right to Information Act 2005 - Section 19\n\n\nAppellant        -          Shri V. K. Agarwal\nRespondent           -      High Court of Delhi\n                                  Decision announced: 17.12.2009\n\n\nFacts<\/pre>\n
:\n<\/p>\n
         By an application of 24.12.07 Shri V. K. Agarwal of Shiv Nagar, Delhi
\napplied to the Jt. Registrar (Estt) & CPIO High Court of Delhi seeking the
\nfollowing information:\n<\/p>\n
         “1.   Details about the Monitoring Committee members with their
\n               addresses, as constituted recently in respect of initiating
\n               disciplinary action against the Judges of Delhi Courts and
\n               Tribunals.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         2.    Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has been filing false
\n               affidavits in the High Court \/ Tribunal. Kindly provide the
\n               method, manner and procedure under which, such false
\n               affidavits could be dealt with effectively.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         To this Shri V. K. Agarwal initially received a response on 4.2.08 informing
\nhim that the fee of Rs. 10\/- was deficient as per Delhi High Court (Right to
\nInformation) Rules, 2006. He then submitted on 14.2.08 a further fee of Rs. 40\/-.
\nUpon this PIO Shri J. N. Kalra responded on 11.3.08 refusing the information
\nsought as follows:\n<\/p>\n
         “1.   The information sought by you is confidential and not in any
\n               way related to you and is in the form of a roving and fishing
\n               inquiry. The information sought for cannot be provided in
\n               terms of Rule 4(iv) and Rule 5(b) of Delhi High Court (Right
\n               to Information) Rules, 2006.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         2.    The Forum of RTI Act is not meant for handing out legal
\n               opinion. The information sought for in question No. 2 of the
\n               application is a legal opinion and not “information” within the
\n               meaning of the expression used in the law and rules.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                                                  1<\/span><\/p>\n
        Aggrieved Shri Agarwal moved an appeal before Shri Kalam Singh,
\nRegistrar (Admn) on 22.5.08 on the following grounds:\n<\/p>\n
       “1.   The documents demanded do not fall within the purview of
\n             any of the sections of prohibited nature and these are
\n             ordinary documents i.e. for the people in general.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       2.    Larger public interest is a clean and transparent life in the
\n             judicial system.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       3.    Monitoring Committee its members their addresses etc. are
\n             a public policy.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       4.    Truthfulness in judiciary as well as before judiciary by the
\n             litigants is a published policy in the Indian judicial System
\n             and its disclosure stands for the lager public interest and
\n             none of the information demanded fall within the preview of
\n             sec. 8, 11 and all such sections of RTI Act.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       Upon this Appellate Authority Shri Kamal Singh in his order of 26.5.08
\nfound as follows:\n<\/p>\n
       “I have heard the appellant. The appellant contended that Kendriya
\n       Vidyalaya Sanghathan is filing false affidavits and the Judges of the
\n       Central Administrative Tribunal are not taking any action against
\n       them. Therefore, he wanted to make a complaint to the members
\n       of Monitoring Committee against the Judges of Central
\n       Administrative Tribunal. The appellant further contended that he
\n       should be informed the method, manner and procedure under
\n       which filing of such false affidavits could be dealt with. The
\n       contention is in the form of seeking advice or legal opinion to tackle
\n       the problem of filing false affidavit. If Kendriya Vidyalaya is filing
\n       false affidavits, the appellant may take appropriate legal remedy
\n       available to him. Public Information Officer and\/or Appellate
\n       Authority are not competent to advise on such issues.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       In his prayer before us in his second appeal Shri Agarwal has pleaded as
\nfollows:\n<\/p>\n
       “a)   Order to supply the correct information immediately
\n             absolutely free of cost.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       b)    Action against PIO be initiated for late supply of
\n             information.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       c)    Impose a penalty as per act \/ rules i.e. Rs. 250\/- per day
\n             till the date the proper and authentic information is
\n             supplied.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       d)    Any other in favour of appellant as against respondents
\n             as deemed fit.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                                         2<\/span><\/p>\n
        e)     Justice should be awarded to appellant.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       The appeal was heard on 17.12.2009. The following are present:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       Respondents
\n            Shri Rajiv Bansal, Counsel for DHC
\n            Shri Gurcharan Singh, Asstt. Registrar
\n            Shri Sanjay Prakash Gupta, AOJ
\n            Shri Divyaranjan Gouda, JJA<\/p>\n
       Although appellant Sh. V. K. Agarwal had been informed by Notice dated
\n1.12.2009 regarding the hearing, he has opted not to be present. Learned
\nCounsel for respondents Shri Rajiv Bansal submitted that in fact there is no such
\nMonitoring Committee regarding which appellant Shri Agarwal has sought
\ninformation. However, he submitted that this information could not be provided at
\nthe initial stage because it was excluded from disclosure under the Delhi High
\nCourt (Right to Information) Rules, 2006 under Rule 4(4) & 5(b), which rules have
\nsubsequently been withdrawn in consequence of the advice of Central
\nInformation Commission.\n<\/p>\n
                            DECISION NOTICE<\/p>\n
       The first question of Shri V. K. Agarwal in his application of 24.12.08 is
\ndecidedly a request for information. The reason why it was refused in the first
\ninstance has been explained by the learned Counsel for respondents. However,
\nthe actual information in this regard is that there is no such Monitoring Committee
\nwith regard to which details had been sought, information that is now disclosed.
\nOn the other hand, equally clearly the question at Sr. No. 2 is a request for
\nadvice, which, as held by the CPIO, cannot be treated as “Advice” under Sec.
\n2(f) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, as such advice, unless it is maintained
\nin material form by a public authority, cannot be treated as information.\n<\/p>\n
       The only issue that remains is whether the CPIO has defaulted in
\nresponding to an application of 24.12.07 only on 4.2.08.          In this case the<\/p>\n
                                         3<\/span>
\n application had been submitted without adequate fee.         It was, therefore, not
\nmandatory in law for the CPIO to respond. On the other hand u\/s 6 of the RTI
\nAct a Public Information Officer is expected to “render all reasonable assistance
\nto the person making a request”.       Although this proviso to section 6 refers
\nspecifically to a person who cannot make the request in writing, the spirit of the
\nAct is that the CPIO assist a person seeking information under the RTI Act 2005.
\nFor this reason, it would be in the spirit of the Act if, when an application is
\nreceived without the requisite fee, the applicant is advised forthwith regarding the
\ndeficiency to enable him to rectify this. In this case appellant Shri Agarwal had
\nbeen too ready so to do. We have been assured by learned Counsel that this is
\nnow the practice in the Delhi High Court. This appeal is thus allowed in part, and
\nthe information disclosable now provided as above. There will be no cost.\n<\/p>\n
       Announced in the hearing. Notice of this decision be given free of cost to
\nthe parties.\n<\/p>\n
(Wajahat Habibullah)
\nChief Information Commissioner
\n17.12.2009<\/p>\n
Authenticated true copy. Additional copies of orders shall be supplied against
\napplication and payment of the charges, prescribed under the Act, to the CPIO
\nof this Commission.\n<\/p>\n
(Pankaj Shreyaskar)
\nJoint Registrar
\n17.12.2009<\/p>\n
                                         4<\/span>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Central Information Commission Shri V. K. Agarwal vs High Court Of Delhi on 17 December, 2009 CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION Appeal No.CIC\/WB\/A\/2008\/01227 dated 11.7.2008 Right to Information Act 2005 – Section 19 Appellant – Shri V. K. Agarwal Respondent – High Court of Delhi Decision announced: 17.12.2009 Facts : By an application of 24.12.07 Shri V. […]<\/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-174198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-central-information-commission","category-judgements"],"yoast_head":"\nShri V. K. 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