{"id":38626,"date":"2009-07-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/h-c-arora-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-20-july-2009"},"modified":"2019-02-22T01:49:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T20:19:12","slug":"h-c-arora-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-20-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/h-c-arora-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-20-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"H.C. Arora vs State Of Punjab And Others on 20 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">H.C. Arora vs State Of Punjab And Others on 20 July, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>Civil Writ Petition No. 6272 of 2009                                  1\n\n\n\n\n      In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh.\n\n\n                  Civil Writ Petition No. 6272 of 2009\n\n                       Date of Decision: 20.7.2009\n\n\nH.C. Arora, Advocate\n                                                             ... Petitioner\n                                 Versus\n\nState of Punjab and Others\n\n                                                          ... Respondents<\/pre>\n<p>CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S.THAKUR, CHIEF JUSTICE.\n<\/p>\n<p>       HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA.<\/p>\n<p>1.        Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the<br \/>\n          judgment?\n<\/p>\n<p>2.        Whether to be referred to the reporters or not?\n<\/p>\n<p>3.        Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?<\/p>\n<p>Present: Mr. H.C. Arora, Advocate,<br \/>\n         Petitioner, in person.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nT.S. Thakur, C.J. (Oral)<\/p>\n<p>          This petition filed in public interest makes a grievance against<\/p>\n<p>what, according to the petitioner, is lethargic and unsatisfactory working<\/p>\n<p>of the Punjab State Information Commission causing inconvenience to<\/p>\n<p>those invoking the provisions of the Right to Information Act.<\/p>\n<p>          In response to the notice issued by this Court, the Commission<\/p>\n<p>has denied the allegations levelled by the petitioner in an affidavit and<\/p>\n<p>given details of how the Information Commission is doing its best to<\/p>\n<p>clear the backlog and the current cases.<\/p>\n<p>          Having heard Mr. Arora, we are of the opinion that no case is<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> Civil Writ Petition No. 6272 of 2009                                       2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>made out for our intervention at this stage. The proper course for Mr.<\/p>\n<p>Arora would be to make whatever suggestions he has to offer before the<\/p>\n<p>Chief Information Commissioner, to improve the process &amp; procedures<\/p>\n<p>being   followed    by   the   Commission.    Mr.Arora    submits   that       a<\/p>\n<p>representation suggesting certain steps that need to be taken for<\/p>\n<p>streamlining the working of Commission has already been filed. If that<\/p>\n<p>be so, the Chief Information Commissioner may look into the same and<\/p>\n<p>take necessary remedial steps wherever necessary.<\/p>\n<p>            With the above observations, this writ petition is disposed off.<\/p>\n<p>No costs.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                              (T.S.Thakur)<br \/>\n                                                             Chief Justice<\/p>\n<p>                                             (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia)<br \/>\n                                                                  Judge<br \/>\nJuly 20, 2009<br \/>\n&#8220;DK&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court H.C. Arora vs State Of Punjab And Others on 20 July, 2009 Civil Writ Petition No. 6272 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 6272 of 2009 Date of Decision: 20.7.2009 H.C. 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