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

January 20, 2014
Are the ex-PM and ex-CM given the status of VIP/VVIP? - PIO: there is no formal definition of VIP /VVIP & the terms have come into usage out of convenience - CIC: provide any available information regarding the basis for referring to a citizen as VIP/VVIP...more>>
January 19, 2014
Part information about the casualties during the 1947 Partition was provided - Appellant: MHA have told him to write to separate divisions - CIC: procure the information as available from the relevant divisions and provide it to the appellant...more>>



January 19, 2014
Correspondence between State Govt. of Maharashtra and Central Government in context of a bomb blast in Mumbai was denied u/s 8(1)(a)&(h) - PIO: investigation is ongoing and security implications involved as it is a sensitive matter - CIC: appeal rejected...more>>
January 18, 2014
The action taken, status report and when the charge sheet will be filed before the Court in relation to certain FIR was sought - PIO: charge sheet would be filed after the completion of investigation - CIC: provide the status report of the case...more>>



January 18, 2014
PIO: the 2011 census figures have not been released and religion wise data of the nation is not available in provisional census figures - CIC: intimate when the census figures would be released and what elements would be covered in it ...more>>
January 18, 2014
Reasons for not giving National Security Clearance for setting up of port projects was denied u/s 8(1)(a) - PIO: project clearance in such matters has security implications & it is a practice to take opinion of IB, RAW and CBI - CIC: appeal rejected...more>>