14 under which the Information Commission has been constituted for the purpose of upholding and promoting the people’s right to information. He lastly submits that the provisions of the RTI Act, in particular, section 13(5) entrust the Information Commission with the positive responsibilities to preserve, promote and uphold the right of the citizens to information by, amongst others, giving effect to the principles enshrined in the Constitution of Bangladesh and making recommendation for promoting the application of the provisions of the RTI Act so as to ensure and guarantee transparency and accountability in all spheres. The impugned decision/order is contrary to the functions of the Information Commission as set out in section 13 of the said Act; and as such, the same is liable to be declared without any lawful authority and of no legal effect. Conversely, Mr. Tawhidul Islam, the learned Advocate appearing on behalf of the respondent No.2 submits that the information demanded by the petitioners from the Election Commission are not information of their own, rather those are submitted to the Commission by different political parties under the relevant law, and as such those are categorized as information supplied by third-parties (a«a£u fr La«ÑL plhl¡qLªa abÉ) as defined in section 2 (i) of the RTI Act, 2009. Since those information falls under the category of information supplied by third-parties, the incumbent Officer of the Election Commission was bound under section 9 (8) of the RTI Act to seek consent of the political parties who have submitted their audited reports to the Commission. He also argues that