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


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

March 31, 2014
Claiming that his bills have not been cleared by railways, certain information was sought including particulars of officer responsible for passing final bills - tracing the files pertaining to 2000 led to delay - CIC: show cause notice for penalty issued...more>>
March 31, 2014
Details of policies issued through him as LIC agent & commission payable to him since 1994 - PIO: information provided w.e.f. 2002 when computerization was done - CIC: PIO to check again and provide any additional information available ...more>>



March 31, 2014
CIC: Information about dependency made by a government employee to obtain certain benefits is not a personal information - CIC: leave information cannot be termed as personal but the station to which a person went is exempt u/s 8(1)(j)...more>>
March 30, 2014
National Commission for Women was asked to provide information relating to notices issued to UP Government in sexual molestation cases - CIC: provide statewise number of cases in which ‘attempt to rape’ was made & where suomoto enquiries were conducted ...more>>



March 30, 2014
Copy of the departmental enquiry report against his father who retired in 1993 from railways - Respondent: it is 20 years old case and the record is not available; record retention is for 10 years - CIC: provide a copy of the record retention schedule ...more>>
March 29, 2014
Copy of documents submitted by M/s Reliance Textiles Ind Ltd, Reliance Petrochemicals Ltd & Reliance Ind Ltd for manufacture polyster filament yarn, fibre etc were denied u/s 8(1)(d) & 8(1)(j) - CIC: denial upheld as no larger public interest established...more>>