Ashok Kumar Shukla v. U.P. State Information Commission Thru. Its State Chief Information Commissioner and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad HC Lucknow Bench; Neut. Cit. 2025:AHC-LKO:7877-DB; WRIT - C No. 337 of 2025; decided 6.2.2025; Rajan Roy & Om Prakash Shukla, JJ.; petitioner-advocate Ashok Kumar Shukla; grievances over online filing of RTI applications/appeals under Right to Information Act, 2005; U.P. State Information Commission; Registrar to upload/consider appeals submitted with difficulty mentioned; reliance on Division Bench order dated 10.09.2024 in PIL No. 1758 of 2024 (para 8); offline facility for BPL/illiterate litigants; writ petition disposed.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of: petitioner facing difficulty in online filing may submit appeals before the Registrar of the Information Commission mentioning the difficulty; the Registrar shall ensure their uploading online or consideration as per the judgment quoted. ¶13