Kamala Singh vs State of Jharkhand - 2023 Supreme(Jhk) 408

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2023 Supreme(Jhk) 408

RAJESH SHANKAR
Kamala Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Arbind Kumar, Advocate
For the Respondent:Mr. Abhinay Kumar, A.C. to G.A.-I, Mr. Sanjoy Piprawall, Advocate, Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, Advocate

JUDGMENT :

Counsel for the petitioner submits that the date of impugned order has inadvertently been mentioned as “29.07.2016” instead of “25.07.2016” in different parts of the writ petition and thus he may be permitted to correct the same.

2. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering that date of the impugned order has inadvertently been mentioned as “29.07.2016” instead of “25.07.2016” in different parts of the writ petition, counsel for the petitioner is permitted to make suitable correction in relevant part of the writ petition in course of the day.

3. The present writ petition has been filed for quashing order dated 25.07.2016 (Annexure-5 to the writ petition) passed by the Information Commissioner, Jharkhand State Information Commission (the respondent no. 3) in Appeal Case No. 3140 of 2015, copy of which has been communicated to the petitioner as well as the respondent no. 2 vide memo no. 17117 dated 29.07.2016, whereby the Public Information Officer-cum-District Programme Officer, Giridih has been imposed penalty of Rs.25,000/- under Section 20(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (in short, “the Act, 2005”) and he has been directed to get the said penal

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