Permitting Non timely disposal of RTI Application Would Defeat Purpose of RTI Act

Cradle Life Sciences Pvt Ltd Vs Union of India (Delhi High Court) 1. The present petition has been preferred with a short grievance that despite repeated requests, neither the petitioner’s Right to Information (RTI) applications, nor the appeal preferred by it, are being decided by the respondent no.2. 2. Issue notice. Mr. Dev P. Bhardwaj and Mr.Manjit Pathak accept notice on behalf of respondent nos.1 and 2 respectively. 3. Keeping in view the nature of relief sought in the present petition, no counter affidavit is called for. 4. Even though, learned counsel for respondent no.2 seeks to ur...