The High Court rejected a writ petition seeking documents submitted by a third party without consent, holding that the petitioner is not entitled to such documents without third-party consent.
Documents were not supplied; petition rejected; costs awarded to respondents.
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IN THE HIGH COURT JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO.3574 OF 2010
Shri Suryakant Namdeo
Budhwantrao...Petitioner
vs.
The Information Officer i.e.
Deputy Director, Scheduled Caste
& Scheduled Tribes Caste Scrutiny
Committee, Pune & ors....Respondents
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Mr.M.A.Choudhari for the Petitioner.
Mr.V.S.Gokhale, AGP for State.
...
CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH &
N.D.DESHPANDE,JJ.
Dated: 6th October, 2010
P.C.:
Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner.
As the documents are submitted by third
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party, who has not given any consent for
supply of those documents, in our opinion,
the Petitioner is not entitled to those
documents. Petition is, therefore, rejected.
(D.K.DESHMUKH,J.)
(N.D.DESHPANDE,J.)
2 issues framed by the court
Whether a petitioner is entitled to documents submitted by a third party without their consent under the Right to Information Act.
Whether the petition alleging denial of access to third-party submitted documents should be allowed.
Shri Suryakant Namdeo Budhwantrao
The Information Officer i.e. Deputy Director, Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribes Caste Scrutiny Committee, Pune
D.K. Deshmukh
N.D. Deshpande
As recorded by the court registry
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