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| + | ====== §20 penalty — Madras HC clarifications ====== | ||
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| + | **High Court of Madras** · 2020-01-01 · Citation awaited | ||
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| + | //§20 penalty requires specific mala-fide or persistent-negligence finding; formal 30-day delay alone is insufficient.// | ||
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| + | ===== Case details ===== | ||
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| + | ^ Court | High Court of Madras | | ||
| + | ^ Decided | 2020-01-01 | | ||
| + | ^ Citation | Citation awaited | | ||
| + | ^ Petitioner | PIO | | ||
| + | ^ Respondent | State Information Commission | | ||
| + | ^ RTI Act sections | §20(1) | | ||
| + | ^ Outcome | Partly allowed | | ||
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| + | ===== Outcome ===== | ||
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| + | §20 penalty requires specific demonstration of mala fide or negligence; blanket penalties on technical delays set aside. | ||
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| + | ===== Ratio decidendi ===== | ||
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| + | A §20(1) penalty cannot be imposed merely because information was provided beyond the 30-day window. The Commission must record a specific finding of mala fide conduct or persistent negligence. Due diligence by the PIO, properly documented, is a defence. | ||
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| + | ===== Keywords ===== | ||
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| + | §20, penalty, mala fide, Madras HC, due diligence | ||
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| + | ===== Similar cases in the corpus ===== | ||
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| + | //These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.// | ||
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| + | ===== Related ===== | ||
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| + | * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]] | ||
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| + | **Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service. | ||
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| + | //Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.// | ||
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