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Compensation sic and cic

(Querist) 18 November 2017 This query is : Resolved 
Can State Information Commission or Central Information Commission award compensation to a party if he was denied the information about his medical records from a private hospital?
Guest (Expert) 18 November 2017
Yes and no, both can be the answers depending upon the background and the circumstances of the case. Discuss the issue very clearly. Also, why interested only in compensation, rather than the desired information?

Rajendra K Goyal (Expert) 18 November 2017
Private hospitals are not covered under RTI.
Rajendra K Goyal (Expert) 18 November 2017
Academic query.

State material facts of the problem..

How are you concerned / related with the query?

Looks like examination question.
Guest (Expert) 18 November 2017
Yes concerned Party/Patient / his relatives or even Friends except out siders has all the Rights to seek the information obviously thro an Advocate.also
Dr J C Vashista (Expert) 19 November 2017
Well advised by experts Mr. Jigyasu and Mr. Rajendra K Goyal, I agree.
Guest (Expert) 19 November 2017
Well said. Appreciable.

Guest (Expert) 19 November 2017
@ Dr. J.C. Vashista,

Thanks for your appreciation.
Guest (Expert) 19 November 2017
@ Mr. Dhingra,

Thanks for your appreciation.
Bhupendra (Querist) 21 November 2017
Private hospitals are covered under RTI but how can SIC award compensation when the applicant does not demand for it. As in a RTI application one can only demand information. here SIC has granted compensation on the ground that there is a violation of fundamental rights as the applicant was not given his medical records from a private hospital. Secondly, how can it award compensation as SIC is more of an administrative body?
Guest (Expert) 21 November 2017
As per its working requirements, the Infromation Commission should be understood as quasi-judicial body. Terming it as just an administrative wing cannot reflect the reality and the intention of the legislature as manifest in RTI Act.



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