CIC is a court

1.            CIC is a court

The Madras High Court in  Rethinasamy vs Komalavalli And Anr. on 14 July, 1981

14. In Section 3(ii) of the Court-fees Act, we find the following definition:

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

'Court' means any Civil, Revenue, or Criminal Court and1 includes a Tribunal or other authority having jurisdiction under any special or local law to decide questions affecting the rights of parties.

15. In Section 3 of the Evidence Act, we find the following definition of Court:

In this Act the following words and expressions are used in the following senses, unless a contrary intention appears from the context:

'Court' includes all Judges and Magistrates and all persons, except arbitrators, legally authorized to take evidence.

In Section 20 of the Indian Penal Code, we find the following definition:

The words "Court of Justice" denote a judge, who is empowered by law to act judicially alone, or a body of judges which is empowered by law to act judicially as a body, when such judge or body of judges is acting judicially.

29. …  in Jugal Kishore Singa v. Co-operative Bank , in support of the decision of Balasubrahmanyan, J., In the above case the point that fell for consideration inter alia was whether the Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Societies was a Court within the meaning of Contempt of Courts Act, 1952, and if a Court, whether it was a Court subordinate to the Patna High Court. The Supreme Court has held that the Assistant Registrar was functioning as a Court in deciding the dispute in question and his adjudication was not based upon a private reference nor was his decision arrived at in a summary manner, but with all the paraphernalia of a Court and the powers of an ordinary civil Court of the land.