Subash Mohapatra vs State of Odisha

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
S.MURALIDHAR, R.K.PATTANAIK
Subash Mohapatra – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : S.P. Das
For the Respondents: S.N. Das, Srimanta Das

Table of Content
1. challenge to rti exemption notification (Para 1)
2. violation of fundamental right to information (Para 2 , 3)
3. arguments for exemption in the context of public interest (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11)
4. legislative intent of rti act (Para 12 , 13)
5. transparency in public affairs under the rti act (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19)
6. information regarding corruption and human rights violations (Para 20 , 21 , 22 , 23)
7. court's interpretation of information disclosure context (Para 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32)
8. proviso regarding allegations of corruption (Para 33 , 34)
9. impugned notification contradictory to rti act (Para 35)
10. court's directive against denial of rti information (Para 36 , 37 , 38)

JUDGMENT :

S. MURALIDHAR, CJ.

1. These three writ petitions, each filed by way of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) involve a challenge to the impugned notification dated 11^th August 2016 issued by the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Odisha under Section 24 (4) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act), and are accordingly being disposed of by this common judgment. The said notificatio

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACKS.MURALIDHAR, R.K.PATTANAIKSubash Mohapatra – AppellantVersusState of Odisha – Respondent

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
S.MURALIDHAR, R.K.PATTANAIK
Subash Mohapatra – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent