Section 23: Bar of jurisdiction of courts

Right to Information Act, 2005

English statutory text

23. Bar of jurisdiction of courts.

¶No court shall entertain any suit, application or other proceeding in respect of any order made under this Act and no such order shall be called in question otherwise than by way of an appeal under this Act.

DoPT consolidated edition, 18 November 2025. PDF footnote numbers removed; consolidation brackets and omission marks retained. See the official PDFs for amendment footnotes and schedules.

Study: explanations and related material

Understand this section

This section bars the listed ordinary court proceedings over orders under the Act and directs challenges through its appeal mechanism. Do not read a brief study note as a complete account of constitutional judicial review; obtain qualified advice for litigation.

Original Banaka explanation · checked 30 September 2026 · not a substitute for the statute.