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2015 (2) TMI 259 - HC - Indian LawsDenial of right to information - Denial on the ground that under the Act, right to information is provided only to a citizen and not to a group of citizens - Held that:- It cannot be denied that the appellants before the Commission individually being citizens of India were entitled to invoke the jurisdiction of the authorities under the Act for seeking information. Merely because more than one citizen had sought information by filing a joint application when their cause of action is same, it cannot be rejected holding that the same was filed by group of persons. The ultimate object is to avoid multiplicity. In case more than one individual can file separate application for same relief, they can always file a joint application. - Accordingly, the order passed by the Commission rejecting the appeal holding the same to be not maintainable cannot be sustained and is set aside. However, the matter need not be remanded back for the reason that effective relief has already been granted to the petitioners and the respondents have undertaken to supply them copy of the rules and the petitioners are not entitled to any further information - Decided in favour of appellant.
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