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2 J. Nat'l L. U. Delhi 115 (2014)
Decoding "Public Authority" under the RTI Act: A Comment on Subhash Chandra Aggarwal v. Indian National Congress

handle is hein.journals/jrnludel2 and id is 120 raw text is: DECODING PUBLIC AUTHORITY UNDER THE RTI ACT: A COMMENT ON SUBHASH CHANDRA A GGAR WAL v. INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS Mathew Idiculla * The June, 2013 order of the Central Information Commission (CIC') in Subhash Chandra Aggarwal v. Indian National Congress which brought political parties within the scope of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, has highlighted some issues regarding the drafting and interpretation of the RTI Act. The CIC held that the six national political parties which were respondents in the case, have the ingredients that qualify them as 'public authorities within the meaning of section 2(h) of the RTI Act. In this comment the author argues that the reasoningfor holding what constitutes substantial financing that makes a body a 'public authority is not clear and the interpretation of the definition of 'public authority is inconsistent. I. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 115 II. THE DEFINITION OF PUBLIC AUTHORITY ................................................ 116 III. POLITICAL PARTIES AS PUBLIC AUTHORITIES: THE REASONING IN SUBHASH CHANDRA A GGAR WAL ............................... 118 IV. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS .............................................................................. 123 I. INTRODUCTION The Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act) has been, for very justifiable reasons, celebrated as one of the most revolutionary legislations passed by the Parliament in the recent past. The legislation, which was a result of a sustained public campaign by Mazdoor Kissan Shakti Sanghatan, * Graduate Fellow, School of Policy and Governance, Azim Premji University, Bangalore.

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