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2012 (6) TMI 176 - HC - Companies LawWhether information in relation to a company can be sought from PIO of the ROC in garb of information sought under Right to information (RTI) Act - Held that:- Information which could be accessed by any person by resort to Section 610 of the Companies Act is information which is already placed in the public domain, and it cannot be said that the said information is "held by" or is "under the control" of the public authority. It was contended that such information, as has already been placed in the public domain, does not fall within the scope of the RTI Act and a citizen cannot by-pass the procedure, and avoid paying the charges prescribed for accessing the information placed in the public domain, by resort to provisions of the RTI Act. Present petition is allowed and impugned orders passed by Central Information Commissioner are thereby quashed.
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