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CIC: More than 70 cases of the Appellant against same/related Public Authority have already been disposed of; Appellant has grossly misconceived the idea of exercising his Right to Information as being absolute and unconditional; Appellant cautioned     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: is aghast at the conduct and the submissions of the CPIO; Even the FAA has not bothered to decide the instant First Appeal - CIC will be constrained to deem the FAA as the CPIO in the instant matter for proceeding with action u/s 20 of the RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005    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    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    Delhi HC orders removal of news articles and social media posts against a businessman on X     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    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

July 15, 2014
The leave record of a employee for a particular period was denied claiming it to be a third party information - Appellant: the employee was found roaming around in the court and harassing people during the said period - CIC: provide the leave records...more>> 		July 14, 2014
PIO provided a copy of the assessment sheet of APAR after applying principle of severance u/s 10 of the RTI Act - FAA upheld providing the partial copy of APAR citing department’s policy on APAR - CIC: provide a complete copy of the APAR to the appellant...more>>
July 14, 2014
CIC: information about the designation, salary & seniority of an individual can be given; make effort to trace the record & initiate against action against the officer who is supposed to protect the records, if proved that he did not protect them properly...more>> 		July 13, 2014
Information pertaining to rail projects of certain States like the number of rail projects sanctioned in last 15 years with details & those that are pending; plan to complete the socially desirable projects etc. - CIC: the matter is covered u/s 7(9)...more>>
July 12, 2014
Details of a cheque and beneficiary in respect of appellant’s MIS account were sought - PIO: only brief details about the closure of the account are mentioned in the ledger while the vouchers have been weeded out - CIC: inspection of records allowed...more>> 		July 11, 2014
Appellant contended that the information supplied under certain queries is false - Respondent: appellant has not specified on what basis he has reached the conclusion - CIC: provide a copy of the said certificate after applying severability u/s 10 ...more>>