{"id":36858,"date":"2010-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-hema-d-souza-vs-ministry-of-home-affairs-on-7-december-2010"},"modified":"2018-05-20T22:04:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T16:34:33","slug":"mr-hema-d-souza-vs-ministry-of-home-affairs-on-7-december-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-hema-d-souza-vs-ministry-of-home-affairs-on-7-december-2010","title":{"rendered":"Mr.Hema D Souza vs Ministry Of Home Affairs on 7 December, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Central Information Commission<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mr.Hema D Souza vs Ministry Of Home Affairs on 7 December, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>                     Central Information Commission\n                  Room No. 5, Club Building, Near Post Office\n                   Old J.N.U. Campus, New Delhi - 110067\n                              Tel No: 26161997\n\n\n                                                 Case\u00a0No.\u00a0CIC\/SS\/A\/2010\/000249\n\n\n       Name\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Appellant\u00a0       \u00a0\u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Ms.\u00a0Hema\u00a0D\u00a0Souza\u00a0\n                                             (The\u00a0Appellant\u00a0was\u00a0not\u00a0Present)\n              \u00a0\n\n       Name\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Public\u00a0Authority\u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0    Addl.\u00a0Deputy\u00a0Commissioner\u00a0of\u00a0Police,\u00a0\n                                             Economic\u00a0Offences\u00a0Wing,\u00a0New\u00a0Delhi.\n                                             \u00a0\n                                             Represented \u00a0 by \u00a0 Shri \u00a0 Rajesh \u00a0 Deo,\u00a0\n                                             Addl. \u00a0 DCP., \u00a0 Shri \u00a0 Sushil \u00a0 Kumar,\u00a0\n                                             Inspector \u00a0 and \u00a0 shri \u00a0 M.K. \u00a0 Mishra,\u00a0\n                                             Inspector.\u00a0\n\n\n       The\u00a0matter\u00a0was\u00a0heard\u00a0on\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0:         7.12.2010.\n\n                                     \u00a0ORDER\n\n       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\/>\nthat\u00a0the\u00a0CPIO,\u00a0Office\u00a0of\u00a0Commissioner\u00a0of\u00a0Police,\u00a0Delhi\u00a0Police,\u00a0H.Q.\u00a0\u00a0has\u00a0prima\u00ad<br \/>\nfacie\u00a0caused\u00a0a\u00a0delay\u00a0of\u00a0more\u00a0than\u00a0100\u00a0days\u00a0beyond\u00a0the\u00a0period\u00a0stipulated\u00a0under\u00a0<br \/>\nthe\u00a0RTI\u00a0Act,\u00a0by\u00a0not\u00a0providing\u00a0information\u00a0relating\u00a0to\u00a0his\u00a0own\u00a0office.\u00a0Therefore,\u00a0<br \/>\nthe\u00a0CPIO\u00a0is\u00a0directed\u00a0to\u00a0show\u00a0cause\u00a0why\u00a0a\u00a0penalty\u00a0of\u00a0Rs.25000\/\u00ad\u00a0should\u00a0not\u00a0be\u00a0<br \/>\nimposed\u00a0on\u00a0him\u00a0for\u00a0causing\u00a0a\u00a0delay\u00a0of\u00a0more\u00a0than\u00a0100\u00a0days\u00a0in\u00a0providing\u00a0the\u00a0<br \/>\ninformation\u00a0as\u00a0per\u00a0the\u00a0provisions\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0RTI\u00a0Act.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>       A\u00a0Show\u00a0Cause\u00a0Notice\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0issued\u00a0separately.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                              Sd\/\u00ad\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n                                                                                          (Sushma\u00a0Singh)\u00a0<br \/>\n     \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Information\u00a0Commissioner\u00a0<br \/>\n                                                                                               7.12.2010\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                            Case No. CIC\/SS\/A\/2010\/000249<\/p>\n<p>Authenticated\u00a0true\u00a0copy:\n<\/p>\n<p>(S.Padmanabha)<br \/>\nUnder\u00a0Secretary\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Deputy\u00a0Registrar\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Copy to:\n<\/p>\n<p>1.     Ms.\u00a0Hema\u00a0D\u00a0Souza,<br \/>\n      82,\u00a0Sector\u00ad2,\u00a0Pocket\u00ad1,<br \/>\n     Dwarka,\u00a0Phase\u00adI,<br \/>\n     New\u00a0Delhi\u00ad110075.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.   The\u00a0Chief\u00a0Public\u00a0Information\u00a0Officer,<br \/>\n     Office\u00a0of\u00a0Commissioner\u00a0of\u00a0Police,<br \/>\n     PHQ,\u00a0ITO,\u00a0I.P.Estate,<br \/>\n     New\u00a0Delhi.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.   The\u00a0Appellate\u00a0Authority,<br \/>\n     Office\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Addll.\u00a0Dy.\u00a0Commissioner\u00a0of\u00a0Police,<br \/>\n     Economic\u00a0Offences\u00a0Wing,<br \/>\n     Crime\u00a0Branch,\u00a0<br \/>\n     New\u00a0Delhi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Information Commission Mr.Hema D Souza vs Ministry Of Home Affairs on 7 December, 2010 Central Information Commission Room No. 5, Club Building, Near Post Office Old J.N.U. Campus, New Delhi &#8211; 110067 Tel No: 26161997 Case\u00a0No.\u00a0CIC\/SS\/A\/2010\/000249 Name\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Appellant\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ms.\u00a0Hema\u00a0D\u00a0Souza\u00a0 (The\u00a0Appellant\u00a0was\u00a0not\u00a0Present) \u00a0 Name\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Public\u00a0Authority\u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Addl.\u00a0Deputy\u00a0Commissioner\u00a0of\u00a0Police,\u00a0 Economic\u00a0Offences\u00a0Wing,\u00a0New\u00a0Delhi. \u00a0 Represented \u00a0 by \u00a0 Shri \u00a0 Rajesh \u00a0 Deo,\u00a0 [&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-36858","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 v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mr.Hema D Souza vs Ministry Of Home Affairs on 7 December, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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