penalty provided under Section 20

 The Supreme Court in the case of Chief Information Commissioner and Another Vs State of Manipur and Another [(2011) 15 Supreme Court Cases 1] has held :- “The only order which can be passed by the Information Commissioner under Section 18 is an order of penalty provided under Section 20. However, Page 30 of 31 before such order is passed the Commissioner must be satisfied that the conduct of the Information Officer was not bona fide. The Commissioner while entertaining a complaint under Section 18 has no jurisdiction to pass an order providing for access to the information. The appellant after having applied for information under Section 6 and then not having received any reply thereto, it must be deemed that he has been refused the information. The remedy for such a person who has been refused the information is provided under Section 19 of the Act.”