HC imposes cost on RTI Applicant for concealing material Facts

Har Kishan Vs President Secretariatt (Delhi High Court) On a query from the Petitioner, it is revealed that the Petitioner’s daughter had also applied for an appointment as Multi-Tasking Staff, in the Presidential Estate, Rashtrapati Bhawan. However, this fact does not find any mention in the present writ petition. A perusal of the writ petition also shows that the Petitioner himself was earlier working in the Presidential Estate on an ad-hoc basis, from 2012-2017. This Court is of the opinion that whenever information is sought under the RTI Act, disclosure of an interest in the information...