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PIO: No document indicating specific Charter of Duties of LDC, UDC & OS is available in the Directorate; Army Head Quarter has 28 Line Directorate and all of them are independent appointing authority - CIC: No intervention required     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Since the Appellant had also sought adjudication of his dispute using the RTI, the reply is upheld - Scope of RTI Act extends only to disclosure of information as defined u/s 2(f) and not in redressal of grievances or resolving inter se disputes     Right to Information Act 2005    Appellant: Incorrect that information has already been published on website as no headings corresponding to 4(1)(b)(iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and others; First appeals disposed off mechanically without application of mind - CIC: Appropriate response provided     Right to Information Act 2005    FAA: The information of CPIO, Base hospital is not available on RTI portal - CIC: Complaint identical to those in the appeals disposed of on 08.01.2024; The issues having attained finality, there is no public interest in further prolonging the matter     Right to Information Act 2005    Information about Nagar Van Yojana - CIC: Information sought by the Appellant is dynamic in nature, sufficient reply has been given by the Respondent - CIC: To allay the apprehension of the Appellant, PIO to provide an updated reply; Respondent cautioned     Right to Information Act 2005    SASF: List of Companies whose loan accounts were available for settlement was prepared taking into account several strategic & commercial factors including the modes through which accounts were declared NPA - CIC: No public interest warranting disclosure     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 15, 2012
Expenditure on treatment of Smt. Sonia Gandhi under RTI...more>> 		June 15, 2012
Disclosure of charge sheet in Sohrabuddin Fake Encounter Case by CBI...more>>
June 15, 2012
RTI Query - What does the term ‘house-hold’ mean?...more>> 		June 14, 2012
Disclosure of National Pharmaceutical Policy, 2006 under RTI...more>>
June 14, 2012
The PIO should avoid harsh and impolite language in the RTI reply...more>> 		June 14, 2012
Claim for restoration of entire pension to the second wife...more>>

Articles

Additional arguments for recognising the leader of opposition in the country
May 29, 2014 Para 1(b) of the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution defines a “legislature party”   more>>
Is the RTI Act affecting the performance of Banks adversely?
May 15, 2014 The NPAs of the banks show a very high figure   more>>
Analysis of the Supreme Court judgment regarding initiation of probe againt senior bureaucrats
May 8, 2014 The Apex Court has struck down the single directive of seeking prior approval   more>>

Comments

Can the PIO send the information requested under RTI by Ordinary Post?
December 1, 2023 It is advisable to send the information by Speed Post or Registered Post   more>>
It is not uncommon for a public authority to receive a pseudonymous RTI application
October 22, 2023 If RTI application is on a common issue, consider posting such information on the website   more>>
The Central Information Commission at Delhi is without its Chief
October 6, 2023 Tenure of Shri Y. K. Sinha. Chief Information Commissioner comes to an end on October 3, 2023   more>>