The petition by Surender Singh Hooda cited current newspapers reports of the PM CARES Fund declining to disclose details looked for by one Harsha Kundakarni under the RTI Act by claiming that the fund is not a ‘public authority’ within the ambit of Section 2( h) of the RTI Act, 2005.
” The hesitation of the trustees of the fund in revealing details as to the management of the fund raises an exceptionally severe apprehension because the fund has been set up to battle COVID-19 which a public cause,” Mr Hooda, who is likewise a pra