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Information about change in options provided in the answer key for the post of AHO Gr B under the Medical Dept of East Coast Railway Bhubaneswar - CIC: Provide documentary proof that option A is the correct answer for Question No. 97     Right to Information Act 2005    Appellant alleged false implication & victimization for wrongful and discriminatory dismissal from service - PIO: Manual of Departmental Security Instructions, 1994, is a Confidential document and is exempt from disclosure u/s 8(1)(a) - CIC: Denial upheld     Right to Information Act 2005    Opportunity of inspection of records was granted which the appellant did not avail - Respondent: Appellant’s dismissal case is in progress; He files RTI applications to know about the progress of his case - CIC: Grant another opportunity of inspection     Right to Information Act 2005    Information specifying the dates on which the Presiding Officer was in attendance for hearings at the Central Government Industrial Tribunal - CIC took an adverse view of the delay and cautioned the public authority to adhere to the timeline under RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Appellant is agitating a matter in which he has already been given a relief despite having indulged in bigamy - CIC referred the matter to DRM, North Western Railway to take note of the aberration of lenient view taken in a serious matter like Bigamy     Right to Information Act 2005    Answer sheets of CBSE Board exam - CIC: PIO is neither aware nor mentioned the dispatched date of their reply; Did not upload it along with his written submission which shows lackadaisical approach; Explanation called for along with the comments of FAA     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    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    Delhi High Court directs Jamia Millia Islamia University to disclose PhD Thesis under the RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005   
2nd edition of "PIOs Guide on RTI" published - Based on study of over one lakh orders of CIC and judgments of Courts - Book carries subject wise case laws, latest legal updates, Practical tips for PIOs and FAAs - Needs of all stakeholders covered

Case Laws

January 13, 2012
Incorrect information about enrolment of students at AIIMS...more>>
January 13, 2012
Amenities provided to the MP’s over a period of ten years...more>>



January 12, 2012
If the information sought is so huge that even inspection is impossible?...more>>
January 12, 2012
Account details from bank for getting the succession certificate...more>>



January 12, 2012
Bar Council is not a public authority...more>>
January 11, 2012
Inspection of records related to mutation of property...more>>



Articles

Delhi HC orders removal of news articles and social media posts against a businessman on X
July 31, 2024
A look at the “Right to be Forgotten” and comparing it with the “Right to Information”   more>>
Chief Information Commissioner has powers to frame Regulations for the constitution of Benches under RTI
July 20, 2024
Supreme Court upholds the power of superintendence, direction and management u/s 12(4) of RTI Act   more>>
Are the state-funded ‘public trust institutions’ obligated to provide ‘information’ under the RTI Act?
March 17, 2024
No obligation to supply the information if the Public Trust is not a Public Authority u/s 2(h) says Bombay HC   more>>

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