Definition of public authority under RTI Act has no relevance to Section 340 of Cr.P.C.

Rakesh Kumar Sharma Vs Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetables Pvt Ltd. (Delhi High Court) The present case, admittedly, does not deal with the RTI Act. The definition of public authority as contained in Section 2(h) of the RTI Act has no application or relevance, whatsoever, in the present case, which is in the nature of a service dispute between the petitioner and the respondent. As such, even if the respondent were to have averred, in its counter affidavit, that it was not a “public authority”, that could not have constituted a basis for the petitioner to invoke Section 340 of Cr.P.C., pred...