Office of attorney General for India is held not to be public authority under RTI Act
Complainant Aggarwal has also contended that the A.G. functions under
the Ministry of Law and Justice and is, therefore, a public authority. We cannot
accept this argument as there is a lawyer-client relationship between the AG
and the Govt. of India and not that of servant and master and, therefore, this
argument should be rejected.
25. In view of the above discussion, we hold that the office of Attorney
General is sui generis. He is a standalone counsel of the Govt. of India. He
renders legal advice to the Govt. of India which is not binding in nature. He is
not a public authority u/s 2 (h) of the RTI Act. Therefore, the complaints
referred to hereinabove have no merit and are dismissed.
Central Information Commission
Mr.Subhash Chandra Agrawal vs Supreme Court Of India on 10 December, 2012
