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Recruitment to the post of Scientist B and Scientific/ Technical Assistant A by NIELIT - CIC: Reply incomplete as no exemption clause claimed u/s 8 - CIC: Guidelines & instructions issued for conduct of an examination and cannot be termed as confidential     Right to Information Act 2005    Information regarding cost analysis of Cement and Steel produced in India - PIO was not able to locate the holder of information - CIC: Unless PIO is certain as to who is the custodian, he cannot transfer the RTI application to any other public authority     Right to Information Act 2005    LPG benefits under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana - PIO: It does not pertain to RL Division - CIC: The PIO should have transferred the application to the holder of the information u/s 6(3), or obtained the information by taking assistance u/s 5(4)     Right to Information Act 2005    Reasons for not auctioning the property seized by SEBI and the likely date of auction - PIO: Clarification is not information u/s 2(f) - CIC: Appellant is investor in the said company, therefore he has a right to know the status of these seized properties     Right to Information Act 2005    Information about various Regulatory State Council (Medical, Dental, Nursing & Physiotherapy) - CIC: No reply has been provided by the then PIO or FAA; It is disappointing to note the utter disregard towards the provisions of the RTI Act; SCN for penalty     Right to Information Act 2005    Information regarding other officials of Postal Assistant working in operative offices and whose induction training period has been counted for financial upgradation - CIC: Details of other officials contains their personal information 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    Providing copy of “Inter-Caste Marriage” certificates tantamounts to providing third party information     Right to Information Act 2005    Is a reply to a RTI application admissible in a court of law as evidence?     Right to Information Act 2005    Analysis of the Central Information Commission’s (CIC) Annual Report for the year 2020-21     Right to Information Act 2005   

Case Laws

June 16, 2022
PIO rejected the RTI application on the ground that the IPO was not properly addressed - CIC: PIO’s action to return the RTI application was not proper - CIC: Bona fide of the complainant is established by payment; RTI application should have been replied...more>> 		June 14, 2022
Expense certificate for the purpose of remuneration/salary of CSC was denied u/s 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act - CIC: Denial not justified as general information was asked relating to expenses; directed the PIO to provide suitable information to the appellant...more>>
June 12, 2022
CIC: Denial of information on the plea that inquiry is pending without substantiating the same u/S 8 or 9 of RTI Act and ignoring the fact that information sought for concerns the Appellant only for which he has every right to know, was inappropriate...more>> 		June 7, 2022
Appellant sought for the entire file wherein prosecution sanction as well as sanction for initiating major penalty proceedings was processed - CIC: Since the inquiry report had not been submitted as on the date of the reply, denial u/s 8(1)(h) upheld...more>>
June 2, 2022
Applicant’s mother’s name was removed from the nominee list of his deceased father’s service records & second wife was shown as nominee - Information pertaining nomination of wife for gratuity payment was denied u/s 8(1)(j) - CIC: Take assistance u/s...more>> 		May 30, 2022
CIC: PIO could not provide the hyperlink where the information is available on the website - Appellant denied the availability of information on the website - CIC: For transparency, information available on the website can be printed and given to appelant...more>>

Articles

Fate of the complaint filed before the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission
February 15, 2022 Pending human rights cases should be disposed of as per law by the Competent Authority   more>>
Entries in Birth and Death Register are public documents and cannot be termed a 'Third Party Information'
October 31, 2021 High Court directs to provide copies of Death Certificate under RTI Act   more>>
Karnataka HC: Provide copy of report with enclosures when the investigation in the matter had been concluded
October 20, 2021 Option of getting it from Magistrate cannot be a ground to deny the information under RTI   more>>

Comments

There are contrary judgements on the point whether IBPS comes under the ambit of RTI Act
April 23, 2021 The matters of public importance should be clarified without delay by the judiciary   more>>
Should information be provided to the BPL applicant free of cost?
April 19, 2021 Odisha High Court order applicable only on government institutions within its jurisdiction   more>>
My son has been suffering with autism for whom treatment is needed in CGHS
April 14, 2021 Please send me the list of empanelled autism treatment centres in Kolkata   more>>