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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

November 20, 2022
Complainant refused to have received the circular - CIC: The delay caused in furnishing the same which was in their custody all along was not justified by the respondent - A penalty of Rs. 5,000/- each imposed on both the then CPIO and the present CPIO...more>> 		November 16, 2022
Strategic Forces Command is exempted from the purview of the RTI Act u/s 24(2) of the Act; PIO, Headquarters, should take assistance u/s 5(4) of the RTI Act from 218 Medium Regiment and Unit 732 and send the replies received from them to the appellant...more>>
November 14, 2022
Appellant claimed that the investigation in the matter had been concluded - CIC: Respondent is directed to verify the status of investigation and in case the same had been concluded, the information may be disclosed, after redacting names of third parties...more>> 		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>>

Articles

A 2 million question! How can you seek answers for your problems using RTI Act?
August 4, 2020 A thorough reading of the website content can provide answers to many questions   more>>
Ordinance amends the Banking Regulation Act as applicable to Co-operative Banks
June 27, 2020 A co-operative society supervised by the RBI would be within the ambit of RTI Act   more>>
States and Union Territories are running out of beds for the patients of Covid -19 infection
June 8, 2020 We must develop common templates for information disclosure for use across the country   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>>