RTI Information seeker cannot resort to penalty proceeding U/s. 20 RTI Act, 2005

Rajkumar Mishra S/o Late Ganesh Prasad Mishra Vs Chhattisgarh State Information Commission (Chhattisgarh High Court) It is held that The information seeker is only entitled for damages and cost, if any, as there is no provision in the Act of 2005 for payment of penalty or part thereof recovered from Erring Information Officer to the information seeker and therefore information seeker cannot as a matter of right claim audience in the penalty proceedings which are between the Commission and Erring Information Officer, as such, matter of penalty is between the Commission and Erring Information Of...