Indian Cooperative: Madras: Monday, 10 June 2024.
The Madras High Court ruled
that cooperative societies are not ‘public authorities’ under the RTI Act of
2005, exempting them from its obligations, media reports say.
This decision followed a challenge by Madhanam Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Society against a Tamil Nadu Information Commission order demanding loan detail disclosure.
The court referenced earlier judgments affirming that such societies, as autonomous bodies, do not perform public functions.
This decision followed a challenge by Madhanam Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Society against a Tamil Nadu Information Commission order demanding loan detail disclosure.
The court referenced earlier judgments affirming that such societies, as autonomous bodies, do not perform public functions.
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