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Certified copy of entire pages of correspondence & noting side of the file by which a particular order was issued - Respondent: Information regarding transfer of other employees has no relationship to any public activity or interest - CIC: Denial upheld     Right to Information Act 2005    Denial of specific part of regulation from which the clause "promotion to a higher grade cannot be made without having the corresponding position available in the higher grade and no promotion can be made effective from a retrospective date” upheld by CIC     Right to Information Act 2005    Copy of NOC issued to an Airman (IAF) was denied claiming that it is 'Personal Information' the disclosure of which would cause unwarranted invasion to the privacy of the individual - CIC: Denial u/s 8(1)(j) upheld; No larger public interest disclosed     Right to Information Act 2005    PIO informed the Appellant that the information sought is not available in their office and transferred the application to Bangalore Development Authority u/s 6(3) - Appellant did not approach the transferee Public Authority - CIC: No intervention needed     Right to Information Act 2005    Transfer of pension to wrong account - Neither the RTI application nor the first appeal was responded by the respondent, on account of non-receipt - Respondent furnished a reply which the appellant claimed to have not received - CIC: Provide revised reply     Right to Information Act 2005    Information regarding home loan in which appellant’s mother, i.e., late Smt. V Jain was a guarantor - CIC: Information was related to third party property loan (Mr. Pradeep Jain and Smt. V Jain), and both are alive; No public activity or interest involved     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    Are the state-funded ‘public trust institutions’ obligated to provide ‘information’ under the RTI Act?     Right to Information Act 2005    Takeaways from the Supreme Court verdict on the Electoral Bond Scheme     Right to Information Act 2005    We will know, we will live - RTI     Right to Information Act 2005   
2nd edition of "PIOs Guide on RTI" published - Based on study of over one lakh orders of CIC and judgments of Courts - Book carries subject wise case laws, latest legal updates, Practical tips for PIOs and FAAs - Needs of all stakeholders covered

Case Laws

June 12, 2012
Demand of repeat inspection along with a companion under RTI Act...more>> 		June 11, 2012
Should the donations given by the President be disclosed under RTI?...more>>
June 11, 2012
Details of domestic and commercial consumers of LPG under RTI...more>> 		June 11, 2012
Non- compliance of the orders issued under the RTI Act by CIC...more>>
June 10, 2012
Information about Ad Hoc appointments under RTI...more>> 		June 10, 2012
Norms for allotment of the community hall to the public...more>>

Articles

Payment to the Unit Holders of CRB Mutual Fund after 16 years
June 2, 2013 Delhi High Court orders for release of payment following report of the committee   more>>
Would the Indian Judiciary need centuries to clear its backlog of cases?
May 10, 2013 Increasing backlogs of cases with the courts are threatening the rule of law   more>>
What is the number of appeals pending with the Central Information Commission?
April 20, 2013 Need for a system of self-appraisal in the premier transparency watchdog   more>>

Comments

In case of government job recruitment, how long should the authority preserves the data?
February 14, 2023 The RTI Act does not prescribe the time period for preservation of records   more>>
The information of total four points sought under the RTI Act has not been supplied
February 12, 2023 The case is pending and information is not in the public domain for the last over 10 years   more>>
I lodged many grievances regarding pension fixation but my department rejected it
February 4, 2023 On 6th CPC, my scale was upgraded, but my department has denied it very illogically   more>>