State Of Chhattisgarh v. Chhattisgarh State Information Commission And Ors.
Chhattisgarh HCWPC/784/2013
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
This judgment sets aside the portion of a State Information Commission order that imposed cost on the petitioner. The Commission found the First Appellate Authority order had no infirmity yet imposed cost, creating a contradiction. The High Court held that cost can only be awarded for illegal or arbitrary orders and ruled the charge should be quashed.
What did the court decide?
Set aside the impugned order only in respect of imposition of cost; parties to bear their own cost.