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one stop destination for all Right to Information (RTI) matters


Information regarding bidders for SBI - CIC: Appellant has been provided with the available information; CPIO has also explained the unviability of the information related to the remaining bidders during the hearing, which leaves no scope of intervention     Right to Information Act 2005    Information about Directors & Deans in Raksha Shakti University and Rashtriya Raksha University - CIC: Information available on record has been provided; A lot of information is already available in public domain; No further intervention necessary     Right to Information Act 2005    Information about BPCL Petro Cards - CIC: U/s 19(8)(a)(iii), BPCL adviced to publish relevant information regarding upgradation of the IT platform from New Loyalty Program to Advanced Loyalty program on their website to ensure wider dissemination of info     Right to Information Act 2005    Appellant: Document on the basis of which the Competition Commission arrived at a conclusion was not provided - PIO: Inspection of records was offered - CIC: Appellant is at liberty to avail inspection of records as earlier offered on a convenient date     Right to Information Act 2005    Information about Grievance Petition submitted to PMO and steps taken by DARPG to address the issue as per CPGRAMS norms - PIO: Grievance has been closed by AICTE; Name, designation of concerned person is available on portal - CIC: No further intervention     Right to Information Act 2005    Appellant: Copy of passport renewal application of my wife is not exempt u/s 8 (1) (j) as marriage is presently valid; Apprehension that false information regarding marital status has been indicated - CIC: Personal information of a third party is exempt     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    Chief Information Commissioner has powers to frame Regulations for the constitution of Benches under RTI     Right to Information Act 2005    Chief Information Commissioner has powers to frame Regulations tfor constitution of Benches     Right to Information Act 2005    Are the state-funded ‘public trust institutions’ obligated to provide ‘information’ under the RTI Act?     Right to Information Act 2005   
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Case Laws

February 22, 2023
Appellant disputed the veracity of the information given and questioned the mode of verification of educational qualifications of MPs put on the Lok Sabha Secretariat website - CIC: Veracity of the information given cannot be adjudicated under the RTI Act...more>>
February 20, 2023
Information about companies/firms/LLP registered under ROCAP and those which have inducted foreign nationals as directors etc was sought - CIC: Eexemption claimed u/s 8 is not specific and the same was not amplified in the reply; Send a revised reply...more>>



February 17, 2023
Information about tender - CIC: The claim of photocopying charges after the lapse of 30 days was not maintainable as per the RTI Act - CIC: PIO directed to provide the 125 pages free of cost after taking assistance from the custodian u/s 5(4) of RTI Act...more>>
February 15, 2023
FAA: Appellant was seeking further clarifications on the information given and was asking for reasons for certain activities - CIC: This could have been denied on the ground of seeking additional information which was not sought in the RTI application...more>>



February 13, 2023
Appellant: Note sheets related to seeking opinion of the Ordnance Factory Board for granting backdate promotion to examiners - PIO: Page 1 to 10 contains legal opinion of the third parties - CIC: Provide the copies after masking the third parties’ details...more>>
February 10, 2023
IBBI PIO: No specific delegation of authority has been made for the purpose of taking a decision in the matter of 2nd proviso to sub-rule 1 of rule 5 of the Companies Registered Valuer and Valuation Rules, 2017 - CIC: No further action required...more>>