Private firm doesn’t come under RTI: Reliance Infrastructure to Bombay high court
On July 19, the commission had brought RInfra under the purview of RTI observing that though it was a private firm, it provided public service of supplying electricity.
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) has moved the Bombay high court challenging the order of the state information commission bringing the firm under the ambit of provisions of Right To Information (RTI) Act, claiming that it is a private company and not a public authority.
On July 19, the commission had brought RInfra under the purview of RTI observing that though it was a private firm, it provided public service of supplying electricity.
While hearing a complaint filed by RTI activist Anil Galgali, the commission had directed RInfra to appoint a public information officer and an appellate officer. The appeal said even the commission had accepted that RInfra is a private firm.
“Thus there is no question of the Act being made applicable to RInfra. The order is liable to be quashed.”