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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    Information about a dormant Bank account - CIC: The second appeal filed by the appellant was time-barred & in absence of any application for condonation of delay in filing the second appeal, after a lapse of almost two years, the same is not maintainable     Right to Information Act 2005    Copies of orders regarding establishment and jurisdiction of all special courts/ CBI courts at Jaipur for trial of PC Act cases were not available with them - CIC: RTI application was not replied in a comprehensive manner; Provide a revised reply     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   
2nd edition of "PIOs Guide on RTI" published - Based on study of over one lakh orders of CIC and judgments of Courts - Book carries subject wise case laws, latest legal updates, Practical tips for PIOs and FAAs - Needs of all stakeholders covered

Case Laws

September 2, 2013
Penalty proceeding against the PIO - PIO: incessant rains floods which hit Mumbai in 2005 caused extensive damage to all the records maintained in the record Room - eventually records traced and provided - CIC: no willful delay, penalty waived...more>> 		September 2, 2013
Letters issued by IT relating to verification of Form 15H and 15G – PIO denied it as third party personal financial information - CIC: denial statistical information on the grounds of the third party information is irregular and ill-conceived...more>>
September 2, 2013
Marks awarded to the appellant, separately, in the written test and in the interview were refused on the ground that the UPSC had a policy not to disclose the marks separately - CIC: policy framed by the UPSC cannot override the provisions of the RTI Act ...more>> 		September 1, 2013
The CCTV camera footage of SC & HC refused claiming exemption u/s 8(1)(g) - Appellant: are the CCTV cameras in working order? - CIC: Knowledge about whether they are functioning or not might compromise the security of the Courts...more>>
September 1, 2013
Information about a missing loan file - a departmental inquiry against the appellant was complete and disclosure not relevant - CIC: RTI Act cannot be used to circumvent the procedures pertaining to the bank’s departmental proceedings...more>> 		September 1, 2013
Information regarding the status of the case pending in the SC - CIC: Since the Supreme Court has clear rules in place for disclosure, those rules are not inconsistent with section 22 - the copies of the judicial records cannot be disclosed under RTI...more>>