HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD vs VISHWAS BHAMBURKAR

Judgment text excerpt

$~10 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 6860/2018 & CM APPL. 26067/2018 Date of Decision: 07.04.2026 IN THE MATTER OF: HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rohit Sharma,Mr.Nikhil Purohit,Mr.Jatin Lalwani and Mr. Jay Rawat, Advs. versus VISHWAS BHAMBURKAR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ashish K Dixit, CGSC with Mr. Umar Hashmi, Ms. Iqra Sheikh, Mr. Gautam Yadav and Ms. Vani Sharma, Advs. for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV JUDGEMENT PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV, J. (ORAL) 1. The instant petition has been filed seeking following reliefs: “(a) Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction quashing (i) The Final Judgment dated 11.06.2018 in Complaint no. CIC/HUDCO/C/2018/103140; And (ii) The final judgment dated 11.06.2018 in Complaint no. CIC/HUDCO/C/2018/101535; And (iii) The final judgment dated 11.06.2018 in Complaint no. CIC/HUDCO/C/2018/101536, passed by the Central Information Commission, New Delhi; AND (b) Restrain the respondent from filing any more RTI applications with the Signature Not Verified Signature Not Verified Signed By:PRIYA Signed Signing Date:16.04.2026 By:PURUSHAINDRA 12:35:24 Page 1 of 3 KUMAR KAURAV petitioner.” 2. The petition impugns three separate orders dated 11.06.2018 passed by the Central Information Commission (“CIC”) in applications filed under Section 18 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (“RTI Act”). By way of the impugned orders, the CIC has directed the petitioner to provide certain information and has also sought to impose penalty on the petitioner. 3. The petitioner contends that under Section 18 of the RTI Act, the CIC does not have the power to direct the furnishing of documents. The petitioner relies on the judgment of the Ap