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CIC: The present complaint is not admissible; The complainant has no onus in filing this complaint as the RTI application was not filed by him but Col (Retd) Satpal Singh Sandhu - RTI applicant is at liberty to file a fresh complaint in his name     Right to Information Act 2005    PIO stated that it is a policy matter of the organization’s internal administrative domain and cannot be disclosed being sensitive in nature; No provision of the RTI Act quoted - CIC: Copy of the policy regarding postings of soldiers can be given     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Appellant has failed to give a sufficient justified cause explaining delay in preferring the second appeal, hence, the appeal is considered as time barred u/s 19(3) of the RTI Act and accordingly, dismissed without going into the merits of the case     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: PIO can take assistance from the Rajbhasa Adhikari & have the material translated for documents disclosed u/s 4(1)(b) of the RTI Act on the website; In the interest of transparency, wherever possible Hindi version should be made available on website     Right to Information Act 2005    PIO: Schemes are related to Credit Co-operative Societies which do not fall under the regulatory purview of SEBI - CIC: PIO was bound to seek assistance u/s 5(4) from the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and provide the information     Right to Information Act 2005    Information regarding the disciplinary action on the basis of which the payment of appellant’s father’s commission had been stopped was denied u/s 8(1)(h) - Respondent: Departmental proceedings have now concluded - CIC: Furnish a revised reply     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

November 11, 2022
Passport related information is personal in nature qua the passport holder and cannot be disclosed to any other individual - CIC: It seems more of a roving and fishing query which lacks specific details and hence cannot be addressed under the RTI Act...more>> 		November 8, 2022
Information related to domain dispute resolution cases after 26.10.2020 - CIC noted that the information is available till 26.10.2020 only - A strict warning issued to the PIO for being unprepared and also for denying the information without any exemption...more>>
November 6, 2022
CIC: Provide details of amount paid on account of gratuity, due monthly payment, PF, arrears of due allowance - CIC: PIO SWAC can take assistance u/s 5(4) of the RTI Act from CPIO, Air HQ Vayu Bhawan and provide the relevant reply to avoid further delay...more>> 		November 3, 2022
Information with reference to Show Cause Notice was denied u/s 8(1)(d) to the Director of the firm - PIO did not appear before the bench for hearing - Request for adjournment rejected - CIC: Denial of info rejected as being irrelevant and unsubstantiated...more>>
October 31, 2022
Appellant insisted on knowing reasons, answers, justifications for implementation of FTII CPF Scheme without the approval of the competent authority and against alleged illegal appointments made in FTII - CIC: Appellant may acquaint himself with RTI Act...more>> 		October 28, 2022
Appellant filed numerous complaints regarding defects of his allotted flat; Sought details of all complaints filed by him - CPWD: Details can be accessed on their website - CIC expressed severe displeasure over the conduct of PIO & issued SCN for penalty...more>>

Articles

Who would teach law to the High Courts of the country?
February 26, 2013 Contradictory rules have been made by the different HC in violation of RTI Act   more>>
Karnataka Information Commissioner to pay costs of Rs. 1 lakh for frivolous filing of appeal
February 1, 2013 Is the SIC a respondent in the case of a petition before the Courts?   more>>
An analysis of judgments interpreting the proviso to Section 8(1) of the RTI Act
January 29, 2013 Information that cannot be denied to Parliament/ State Legislature cannot be denied to any citizen   more>>

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Presentation in a simple language
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