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CIC: Appellant sought for humungous information based on conjecture and interrogative queries, all of which has been duly replied to in a point-wise manner by the PIO; Appellant has not made any substantial ground of appeal against it; Appeal rejected     Right to Information Act 2005    Information regarding land records based on which petrol pump was allotted was denied u/s 8(1)(j) & 8(1) (d) - CIC: Appellant shall submit necessary document establishing his ownership of the land; Respondent to offer inspection of documents if convinced     Right to Information Act 2005    Complaint regarding grabbing of settlement dues of appellant after forging her signatures on documents - CIC: Since the inquiry pending with UPSC, final outcome cannot be provided; Provide the latest position of the averred complaints to the Appellant     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Information as defined u/s 2(f) has been duly provided and no further intervention is warranted - CIC took grave exception to the absence of PIO during hearing without intimating any reasons and a called for written explanation justifying the conduct     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Informing the total number of short-listed candidates, eligibility criteria for short-listing the candidates, etc. would not invade the personal information of third party and would not attract Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act; Sec 2(f) wrongly invoked     Right to Information Act 2005    Inputs of Flight Standards Directorate on Renewal of pilot licenses - PIO: Renewal of Pilot License is a generic term and inputs might have been provided on various occasions on case to case - CIC: Information cannot be provided without specific details     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    Service particulars of colleagues to be furnished for dispute arises relating to confirmation, seniority, promotion     Right to Information Act 2005    Can Section 8(2) of the RTI Act overcome the Section 44(3) of the DPDP Act?     Right to Information Act 2005    Would the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill weaken the RTI Act, 2005?     Right to Information Act 2005   

Case Laws

August 25, 2023
Copies of all complaints received in the office of Lokpal and their present status was denied u/s 8(1)(j) of RTI Act and rule 4 of the Lokpal (Complaint) Rules, 2020 - CIC: Appellant has not urged larger public interest; No credence to his contention...more>> 		August 23, 2023
Information about Basketball Association, its Rules and Regulations, certain correspondence, names of the districts with their office-bearers etc. - CIC: Reply is misleading; PIO was not present during hearing - CIC: SCN issued to PIO for imposing penalty...more>>
August 21, 2023
Copy of a complaint along with action taken on was denied - Respondent: Complaint was finalised by CBI-ACB in 2015 and as per record retention schedule of 3 years, the same was weeded out therefore it could not have been provided - CIC upheld the denial...more>> 		August 18, 2023
Information related to case files, disposed or pending against the officials of Narcotics Control Bureau under Prevention of Corruption Act - CIC: Material on record does not call for ascribing larger public interest in the disclosure; No action u/s 18...more>>
August 16, 2023
Sterlite power - Respondent furnished an affidavit stating that the RTI Application was not received - CIC: In the absence of the Appellant during hearing, no scope for further intervention; PIO to upload a copy of affidavit on CIC website for record...more>> 		August 14, 2023
OM regarding equal salary to employees - CIC: The extent of pro-activeness and wisdom displayed by PIO at the hearing stage could have been exercised at the stage of replying to the RTI Application; Subject matter was adequate to ascertain availability...more>>

Articles

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Is disclosure of reasons for seeking the information necessary under the RTI Act?
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The PM-KISAN Yojana require the proactive disclosure of the list of beneficiaries in every gram panchayat
January 10, 2021 INR 1,364.13 crores has been paid to ineligible persons and income tax payee farmers   more>>

Comments

सूचना का अधिकार अधिनियम - 2005 एंव लोकतंत्र के लिए उचित नहीं है
October 1, 2022 ज्यादातर सूचना आयुक्त अपीलकर्ता को हतोत्साहित करते हैं   more>>
I'm wondering for an answer to this exact question
September 28, 2022 Why the caste “Bhat” was included in the OBCs list when “Bhatt” was omitted   more>>
The information to the RTI applications are denied quoting section 2(f)
September 25, 2022 For some grievance, one need certain information to solve the problem   more>>