MP High Court Imposes Rs 2 Lakh Cost On Revenue Officer, RTI Activist For Harassing Senior Citizen With Bogus 'False Domicile' Complaint
1 year ago

MP High Court Imposes Rs 2 Lakh Cost On Revenue Officer, RTI Activist For Harassing Senior Citizen With Bogus 'False Domicile' Complaint

Live Law  

Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed Rs 2 lakhs cost on SDO, Sendhwa and an RTI activist to be paid jointly for harassing an elderly couple through proceedings beyond the scope of the law. According to the court, such harassment was done on the pretext that the petitioner, a retired college principal, issued a false domicile certificate in his wife's favour for B.Ed. Merely stating that the candidate -wife was a domicile of the state of Madhya Pradesh since 1980 cannot be equated with the issuance of a domicile certificate, hence the court opined that there was no attempt by the petitioner to usurp the authority of SDO. On another note, the court mentioned that the RTI activist did not clarify in his complaint given to the SDO about the provision under which he is seeking penal action against the petitioner.

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The Hindu  

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