Yogeshwari D/O Arunrao Paralikar v. State Information Commissioner, Amravati
Case brief
What is this about?
RTI Act 2005 Section 20 / Section 20(1) penalty; mandatory pre-penalty show-cause notice and opportunity to explain; State Information Commissioner, Amravati; first appeals RMA-Appeal No.AM-1602 of 2017 and R.M.A. Appeal No.3617 of 2017; penalties Rs.20,500 and Rs.25,000 quashed and set aside; writ petitions WP 2924/2020 (Yogeshwari D/o Arunaro Paralikar) and WP 399/2021 (Sagar Narayan Bhagwat and Another); Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench; decision 21.11.2025; neutral citation 2025:BHC-NAG:12758; no precedents cited in the judgment.
What did the court decide?
Both writ petitions allowed; the order dated 05.02.2020 passed in RMA-Appeal No.AM-1602 of 2017 and the order dated 19.07.2019 passed in R.M.A. Appeal No.3617 of 2017 by the State Information Commissioner, Amravati, quashed and set aside; petitions disposed of accordingly. ¶21