Hosuing CoOp. Societies come within the purview of Right to Information Act : Hon. Bombay High Court Adv. ROHiT ERANDE (©)
Hosuing CoOp. Societies come within the purview of Right to Information Act : Hon. Bombay High Court Adv. ROHiT ERANDE (©) When disputes arise between the members and the society and when the society refuses to provide important documents, the moot question before the members is how to these documents comes before the members. In such cases the Right to Information Act (RTI), a 'double-edged sword', comes in handy for such members. Previously, there were conflicting judgments on whether or how the RTI Act applied to Co.Op. Societies. A Single Judge Bench of Hon. the Bombay High Court (Nagpur) observed in the case of `Adivasi Vidhisha Executive Cooperative Society v. State Information Officer'' (2019(2) Maha. Law. Journal Page No. 656). That “The Right to Information Act is not applicable to Co-operative Societies / Institutions” . However, recently, a contrary view has been taken to this judgment, by the Division bench of Hon. Bombay High Court, at Nagpur,