https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=151538 Under Section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act, an autonomous non-governmental body may qualify as a public authority if it is substantially financed by public funds, and "substantially financed" must be construed in its ordinary contextual sense rather than by a narrower external statutory test. Applying that approach, the Delhi High Court treated the Indian Olympic Association, the Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games, 2010, and Sanskriti School as public authorities because each received significant public funding and other governmental support sufficient to bring them within the RTI regime. The writ petitions failed and the disclosure obligations under the Act were upheld. en-us Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 11:57:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=151538 Under Section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act, an autonomous non-governmental body may qualify as a public authority if it is substantially financed by public funds, and "substantially financed" must be construed in its ordinary contextual sense rather than by a narrower external statutory test. Applying that approach, the Delhi High Court treated the Indian Olympic Association, the Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games, 2010, and Sanskriti School as public authorities because each received significant public funding and other governmental support sufficient to bring them within the RTI regime. The writ petitions failed and the disclosure obligations under the Act were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=151538