'Beneficiaries Of State Largesse' : Karnataka High Court Holds Bangalore Turf Club, Mysore Race Club As Public Authorities Under RTI Act
3 years, 11 months ago

'Beneficiaries Of State Largesse' : Karnataka High Court Holds Bangalore Turf Club, Mysore Race Club As Public Authorities Under RTI Act

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The Karnataka High Court has held that Bangalore Turf Club Limited, Mysore Race Club Limited, The Institution Of Engineer Karnataka State and Ladies Club, are all 'public authority' as defined under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Bajanthri, while refusing to interfere with the order passed by the Karnataka Information Commission against the companies said "In the present case, State Largesse has been extended to the petitioners under lease deeds. While Counsel Kamalacharan S R appearing for MRCL submitted that as defined under Section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013, petitioner-MRCL is a "Company" and Section 2 relates to "Control" that is required to be taken into consideration for the purpose of determining whether petitioner/MRCL would fall under the definition of 'public authority' or not, since the State Government has no control over the MRCL. The court also noted that non-government organizations who benefited directly or indirectly by funds provided by the appropriate Government would fall under ''public authority'' under Section 2 of Act, 2005.

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