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CIC: PIO provided a grossly inappropriate reply stating that the information sought is not clear, even as the RTI Application was extremely specific; PIO warned against such sheer negligence & causing unwarranted obstruction to right to info of citizens     Right to Information Act 2005    Steps taken to implement Supreme Court directions issued regarding the implementation of NOTA option during elections - Deciding appeals is a quasi judicial function under RTI - Matter remanded matter back to the FAA to decide the First Appeal     Right to Information Act 2005    Appellant sought the copy of the Rule under which two conditions were imposed on the Defence Assistant which led to the withdrawal of his DA from his case - CIC: Provide copy of APAR; There is complete negligence and laxity in dealing with RTI application     Right to Information Act 2005    Appellant sought the copy of the Rule under which two conditions were imposed on the Defence Assistant which led to the withdrawal of his DA from his case - CIC: Provide copy of APAR; There is complete negligence and laxity in dealing with RTI application     Right to Information Act 2005    Copies of documents pertaining to Establishment of Sensor Hub at CGCRI, Kolkata was sought - CIC received an e-mail from the PIO forwarding appellant’s email praying for withdrawal of the appeal as he has received all the relevant information; Case closed     Right to Information Act 2005    Certified copies of documents with enclosures relating to sanction of prosecution of the appellant under prevention of Corruption Act along with the file notes were denied u/s 8 (1) (h) - CIC upheld the denial; Forward a copy of the written submission     Right to Information Act 2005    Vijai Sharma and K V Chowdary appointed as CIC and CVC respectively     Right to Information Act 2005    Is the Mysore Police Commissioner’s office coming up without plan approval?     Right to Information Act 2005    No action taken against the illegal massage parlours or spas in Goa     Right to Information Act 2005    Are there norms about the fee a school should charge and the facilities it offers?     Right to Information Act 2005    There is only 1 primary health centre per 28 villages of UP     Right to Information Act 2005    Services of all OSDs / Consultants terminated by Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai     Right to Information Act 2005    Ordinance amends the Banking Regulation Act as applicable to Co-operative Banks     Right to Information Act 2005    States and Union Territories are running out of beds for the patients of Covid -19 infection     Right to Information Act 2005    HC: No penalty if experienced lawyer says records destroyed by termites     Right to Information Act 2005   

Case Laws

July 6, 2020
CIC: PIO provided a grossly inappropriate reply stating that the information sought is not clear, even as the RTI Application was extremely specific; PIO warned against such sheer negligence & causing unwarranted obstruction to right to info of citizens...more>> 		July 4, 2020
Steps taken to implement Supreme Court directions issued regarding the implementation of NOTA option during elections - Deciding appeals is a quasi judicial function under RTI - Matter remanded matter back to the FAA to decide the First Appeal ...more>>
July 2, 2020
Appellant sought the copy of the Rule under which two conditions were imposed on the Defence Assistant which led to the withdrawal of his DA from his case - CIC: Provide copy of APAR; There is complete negligence and laxity in dealing with RTI application...more>> 		June 30, 2020
Appellant sought the copy of the Rule under which two conditions were imposed on the Defence Assistant which led to the withdrawal of his DA from his case - CIC: Provide copy of APAR; There is complete negligence and laxity in dealing with RTI application...more>>
June 28, 2020
Copies of documents pertaining to Establishment of Sensor Hub at CGCRI, Kolkata was sought - CIC received an e-mail from the PIO forwarding appellant’s email praying for withdrawal of the appeal as he has received all the relevant information; Case closed...more>> 		June 26, 2020
Certified copies of documents with enclosures relating to sanction of prosecution of the appellant under prevention of Corruption Act along with the file notes were denied u/s 8 (1) (h) - CIC upheld the denial; Forward a copy of the written submission ...more>>

Articles

Ordinance amends the Banking Regulation Act as applicable to Co-operative Banks
June 27, 2020 A co-operative society supervised by the RBI would be within the ambit of RTI Act   more>>
States and Union Territories are running out of beds for the patients of Covid -19 infection
June 8, 2020 We must develop common templates for information disclosure for use across the country   more>>
HC: No penalty if experienced lawyer says records destroyed by termites
May 14, 2020 Is it the responsibility of the RTI applicant to prove that the PIO is wrong?   more>>

Comments

Was PM Cares Fund established by an order made by the Government?
May 30, 2020 PMO: PM Cares Fund is not a public authority under the ambit of Section 2(h) of the RTI Act   more>>
Is asking for the tentative fee by the PIO legal?
May 29, 2020 The website RTI Foundation of India is really helpful for public at large   more>>
Army schools are charging different fees from students as per category civil and defence
May 27, 2020 There are no criteria for fee in schools run by Army Welfare Education Society   more>>