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CIC: General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) is listed under Second Schedule of the RTI Act and is therefore exempt from the provisions of the RTI Act under Section 24 - CIC admonished the conduct of CPIO for not appearing before it despite notice     Right to Information Act 2005    Copy of two member Committee report of 123 Waqf Properties was denied claiming that it is under examination and is subjudice - Respondent: This Appeal was already adjudicated by the Bench in a similar matter of another applicant - CIC: No power to review     Right to Information Act 2005    Action taken by the Hon’ble President of India regarding certain letters, copy of notesheet, movement register etc. was sought - CIC: Reply bears no relevance to the information sought for by the Appellant, rather the reply appears to be mechanical     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: No record was shown to exist with the Respondent regarding the complaint; complaint was not even addressed to the Respondent Authority instead it was sent to a different department; response by the PIO and FAA found to be as per the RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005    Water connection application and related information was sought - PIO: Documents submitted by third party for water connection, disclosure of which had no relationship to any public activity or interest, hence, exempt u/s 8(1)(j) - CIC: Denial upheld     Right to Information Act 2005    Pension and basic pay details of her late father was considered as personal information as after death of the appellant’s father, information now pertains to her mother; Disclosure has no relationship to any public activity or interest; Exempt u/s 8(1)(j)     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    Information Commissioner abdicated the statutory responsibility and acted as an agent of the government     Right to Information Act 2005    Does non-maintenance of records defeat the rights accrued in favour of the RTI appellant?     Right to Information Act 2005    Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 release by MeitY for public consultation     Right to Information Act 2005   
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Case Laws

June 22, 2025
Husband was asked to provide proof such as marriage certificate or authorization letter from the Appellant for inspection of records of sexual harassment complaint - CIC: Information containing 332 pages would attract Sec 7(9) of RTI Act being voluminous...more>> 		June 19, 2025
Appellant raised concerns pertaining to illegal construction - CIC took an adverse note of the conduct of the then PIO and FAA and directed the Additional Commissioner, MCD, to call their explanation and to take suitable action in the matter...more>>
June 16, 2025
CIC: Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) has been excluded from the purview of the RTI Act except in the case of allegations of corruption or human rights violations; Appellant has not indicated about any such instances in this particular case...more>> 		June 12, 2025
Information related to other shortlisted candidates was denied u/s 8 (1) (e) & (j) of the RTI Act; Cut off marks and marks of the appellant were provided - CIC: Give copy of the appellant’s OMR sheet and answer key...more>>
June 9, 2025
CIC: PIO is advised to suo motu release the Inspection Report with remarks of inspection team held at Akal College of Pharmacy & Technical Education Gursagar Mastuana Sahib by PCI Inspection Team; PIO to submit reason for absence during hearing before CIC...more>> 		June 5, 2025
Appellant modified his query during hearing by asking for attendance records of particular dates, which is an extended relief claimed because it was not the part of his original RTI application - CIC: Appellant is at liberty to file fresh RTI application...more>>

Articles

Information Commissioner abdicated the statutory responsibility and acted as an agent of the government
May 22, 2025 Information should be provided within 30 days of receipt of the request under Sec 7(1) of RTI Act   more>>
Does non-maintenance of records defeat the rights accrued in favour of the RTI appellant?
March 22, 2025 Delhi HC: Information about Passport issued to a third party is exempt from disclosure   more>>
Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 release by MeitY for public consultation
January 4, 2025 Feedback on Draft DPDP Rules, 2025 sought from public by 18th February 2025   more>>

Comments

My brothers have done mutation of our ancestral property without giving any information to me
July 20, 2024 My father expired in 2016 and the mutation of property has been done behind my back   more>>
I have filed RTI application to get the bio-metric attendance for two months
June 1, 2024 Bio-metric attendance is a matter between employer and employee governed by service rules   more>>
My brother committed suicide under mysterious circumstances in 2012
May 2, 2024 I filed RTI application with Chandigarh Police which refused to give information under RTI   more>>