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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    PIO: (Extra) Rs. 10/- has been sent back to the applicant as there is no provision to accept additional fee in advance - CIC: Although the information provided by the PIO is appropriate, the delay caused in providing the same is viewed adversely     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    Are the state-funded ‘public trust institutions’ obligated to provide ‘information’ under the RTI Act?     Right to Information Act 2005    Takeaways from the Supreme Court verdict on the Electoral Bond Scheme     Right to Information Act 2005    We will know, we will live - RTI     Right to Information Act 2005   
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Case Laws

August 11, 2021
Copy of note sheets with regard to action taken on appellant’s grievances was not provided despite FAA’s order - CIC: PIO to comply with the direction given by the FAA failing which action against him under the provisions of the RTI Act would be initiated...more>> 		August 9, 2021
Status of representation submitted to Brig AS Katoch and related information was sought - PIO: Matter is sub-judice; They are not in a position to access any information from Deccan Technical Press being an entirely private organization - CIC: No action...more>>
August 6, 2021
Basis on which Sh. Rakesh Bhatt working as draftsman in Geo-Spatial Data Centre, Survey of India was given the charge of MT, Garage - CIC: information sought is related to a third party and the same is personal in nature; exempt u/s 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act...more>> 		August 4, 2021
Delay in providing information - CIC issued an advisory u/s 25(5) of the RTI Act to the Army to organise basic training programmes to the officers and staff dealing with RTI matters sensitizing them about the provisions of the Act without any delay...more>>
August 2, 2021
Copy of the Board meeting & other related information was denied - CIC: The purpose of the Act gets defeated if a citizen has to wait for the second appeal hearing to get a reply; PIO issued a strict warning with directions to provide reply within 7 days...more>> 		July 30, 2021
Information pertaining to representation to Dr. Hari Singh Gour University for advance increment given to the faculty was denied claiming that the matter is subjudice before the Apex Court - CIC: RTI Act provides no exemption of sub-judice matters...more>>