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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

June 27, 2014
Copy of SB & RD ledger entries of postal accounts was denied u/s 8(1)(h) - CIC: information cannot be withheld merely due to pending investigation; it must be shown by PIO that the disclosure of the information would ‘impede’ the investigation ...more>> 		June 26, 2014
CIC: Interrogative queries viz. “How/Why/When” do not come under the ambit of RTI Act - public authority is not bound to answer queries like whether he would be considered for the post since he has crossed the age limit or whether merit will be considered...more>>
June 26, 2014
Information about Rs 500 Crore Diamond Export Scam was denied claiming that the matter is sub judice and the information being sought was of commercial confidence which was held in a fiduciary relationship - CIC: denial of information upheld...more>> 		June 25, 2014
Details of properties in Delhi owned/assessed in the name of certain individuals was denied claiming that the property tax record is maintained property number wise not name wise - CIC: it is third party information exempt u/s 8(1)(j)...more>>
June 24, 2014
CIC: merely because the CIC finds that the view taken by the PIO was not correct, it cannot automatically lead to issuance of a show cause notice u/s 20 & imposition of penalty; there is no provision to initiate any penal/disciplinary action against FAA...more>> 		June 23, 2014
CIC: through the TRAI, one can access the information on the action taken by the service provider on a complaint as available with the service provider; inaction on the part of the TRAI can be agitated only before the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum...more>>