AIA Insurance Lanka Ltd. vs Right to Information Commission and Others – CA WRIT 410/2024-2025

In the case between AIA Insurance Lanka Ltd. (Petitioner) and the Right to Information Commission, its Chairman, Commissioners, and the 7th Respondent (a private individual), the court addressed whether a privately licensed insurance company qualifies as a ‘public authority’ under Section 43(g) of the Right to Information Act and examined the jurisdictional limits of the Right to Information Commission on directing the disclosure of internal disciplinary matters. The court held that only those activities of a private entity which fall under a public function—pursuant to statutory regulation—can render such an entity subject to public accountability. As the requested information pertained exclusively to an internal disciplinary inquiry, unrelated to any public function, it was determined th