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A one stop destination for all Right to Information (RTI) matters


Whether wrong facts regarding Hindustan Zinc’s Disinvestment were placed by CBI intentionally before the Supreme Court - CIC: PIO cannot expect to communicate to the citizen the reason why a certain thing was done or not done in the sense of justification     Right to Information Act 2005    PIO: He has assumed charge only recently and has not been able to locate the records related to the instant RTI Application - Appellant: No reply received - CIC: Online RTI portal shows the online RTI application and reply; Show cause notice issued to PIO     Right to Information Act 2005    RTI Act does not make any provision for giving information to Corporations, Associations, Companies, etc. - CIC: If RTI application was filed by an office bearer of any legal entity, indicating his/her name and citizenship, information can be supplied     Right to Information Act 2005    Copies of CIRP forms of an Insolvency Professional submitted by him during the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process of an entity - CIC: Disclosure of is unwarranted and undesirable in view of the bar imposed u/s 8(1)(e) of the RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005    Copy of the file noting and the order issued on the complaint was denied u/s 8(1)(h) - CIC: Information sought was related to a complaint proceeding which was sub-judice at the time of filing of RTI and first appeal; May impede the on-going investigation     Right to Information Act 2005    Information about Transfer policy for GD officers, Options for transfer, criteria for induction, previous posting particulars etc. were sought from CRPF - CIC: Appellant has not been able to justify any allegation of corruption or human rights violation     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    Supreme Court dismissed petition against holding CIAL a public authority under RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005    Impact of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 on the RTI Act, 2005     Right to Information Act 2005    Rule 12 of RTI (Subordinate Courts & Tribunals) Rules is not inconsistent with Article 19(1)(a) and the provisions of the RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005   

Case Laws

February 17, 2023
Information about tender - CIC: The claim of photocopying charges after the lapse of 30 days was not maintainable as per the RTI Act - CIC: PIO directed to provide the 125 pages free of cost after taking assistance from the custodian u/s 5(4) of RTI Act...more>>
February 15, 2023
FAA: Appellant was seeking further clarifications on the information given and was asking for reasons for certain activities - CIC: This could have been denied on the ground of seeking additional information which was not sought in the RTI application...more>>



February 13, 2023
Appellant: Note sheets related to seeking opinion of the Ordnance Factory Board for granting backdate promotion to examiners - PIO: Page 1 to 10 contains legal opinion of the third parties - CIC: Provide the copies after masking the third parties’ details...more>>
February 10, 2023
IBBI PIO: No specific delegation of authority has been made for the purpose of taking a decision in the matter of 2nd proviso to sub-rule 1 of rule 5 of the Companies Registered Valuer and Valuation Rules, 2017 - CIC: No further action required...more>>



February 8, 2023
CIC: The expression “Human Rights Violation” as used in proviso to Section 24(1) cannot be read to extend to all matters where a person alleges violation of fundamental rights; It cannot be extended to include controversies relating to service matters...more>>
February 6, 2023
Action taken on a complaint alleging recruitment using fake documents - Appellant invoked public interest - CIC: Processing of complaint becomes personal information of that third party; except for the final outcome, no other information can be provided...more>>



Articles

Supreme Court refused to stay the notices issued by RBI to PNB and UBI
July 4, 2021
CIC has stayed FAA orders accepting that disclosure would cause irreparable loss and injury   more>>
Do Citizens Misuse RTI or Powerful Misuse Discretion?
July 1, 2021
A PIL has been filed before the Apex Court seeking guidelines against misuse   more>>
CIC expresses severe displeasure over the conduct of the then PIO for not providing timely reply
June 12, 2021
Action against the PIO under Section 20 for the gross violation of the provisions of the RTI Act   more>>

Comments

Information related to post mortem report should be disclosed to friends and relatives under RTI
June 1, 2022
Insurance company needs a copy of the post mortem report in accidental death   more>>
If the retention period of the required document has expired, can they be provided under RTI?
May 27, 2022
The said documents sought under RTI exist till now and have not been weeded out   more>>
What rights I have further to expedite and receive the requested information?
May 15, 2022
No reply to the RTI application filed with the PIO / FAA of Haryana State government   more>>