Information of unauthorized construction cannot be denied under RTI

Public information officer Vs V. Chaudhary (Delhi High Court)

In terms of the RTI Act, all information as available with the public authority is required to be provided to the citizen unless it is exempt from disclosure under Section 8 of the RTI Act or otherwise pertains to the organizations that are excluded from the purview of the RTI Act. Thus, the question whether authentic information is available with another public authority is not a ground to deny the information as sought from a public authority. In this case, the

Please become a Premium member. If you are already a Premium member, login here to access the full content.