Nasim Ahmad v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
State Information Commission penalty order quashed by Patna High Court; fine of Rs. 25,000/- imposed as punishment on petitioner Nasim Ahmad; show cause not considered / rejected as unsatisfactory; consequential order dated 10.05.2023 also quashed; impugned order dated 03.03.2023 in Case No. 137726/2016-17; respondents include State of Bihar Education Department officials, District Education Officer Bhagalpur, Secretary and Registrar State Information Commission, and Ajay Kumar Chaurasia; advocates: Alok Ranjan (petitioner), Government Pleader 22 and Rakesh Ranjan (respondents), Binita Singh (Information Commission); Justice Sandeep Kumar; Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2041 of 2024; application allowed.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of the impugned order dated 03.03.2023 passed in Case No. 137726 of 2016-17 by the State Information Commission and of the consequential order dated 10.05.2023.