The Madras High Court has rejected an order passed by Tamil Nadu State Information Commission asking a cooperative society to disclose information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005,reports Hindu.
It is worth mentioning that the Supreme Court had in 2013, had ruled that cooperative societies do not fall within the ambit of the RTI Act.
The court allowed a writ petition filed by the president of Perunchery Primary Agricultural Co-operative Credit Society in Kuthalam taluk of Tiruvarur district against the Information Commission’s order.