Information cannot be denied on plea that it has been provided earlier in different case: SIC The Punjab State Information Commission has directed the Organic Farming Council of Punjab to provide information sought by an applicant even if part of it was provided to him earlier.

State Information Commission Lt Gen P K Grover (Retd) has also sent a copy of the order to N S Kang, Financial Commissioner, Development, to take cognisance of the matter.

Hitender Jain of NGO Resurgence India, Ludhiana , had sought information from the PIO of the Organic Farming Council regarding the expenditure incurred by it from February 9, 2006, onwards. Quoting the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, he had stated that he be provided authenticated copies of the documents, which “should not be certified by fixing rubber stamp of the signatures”.............Click for more

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