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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

April 24, 2020
Details of a public servant - CIC: A public servant would own the assets by means of his earning as a public servant, it cannot be held that the details of his assets are private or that their disclosure has no relation to any public activity or interest...more>> 		April 22, 2020
Information regarding compulsory retirement under FR 56(j) was denied - CIC: Provide Notesheet in which final decision was taken; Material on the basis of which a decision was taken to compulsory retire the appellant to be supplied applying severability...more>>
April 20, 2020
CIC took grave exception to the absence of the PIO, EPFO for the hearing without intimating any reasons thereof, despite duly served notice - CIC issued a strict warning and advised the PIO to seek prior permission before absenting himself ...more>> 		April 17, 2020
Leave record of all the teachers teaching at Aryabhatta College was denied u/s 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act - CIC upheld the denial citing SC judgments; Details of employees cannot be shared unless the applicant shows the involvement of a larger public interest...more>>
April 15, 2020
Information about grant of 3rd financial up-gradation under MACP Scheme was not provided claiming that the service records were not traceable - The CIC expressed its displeasure & directed the Pr. Director (Pers) C&AG, New Delhi to furnish information...more>> 		April 13, 2020
Information related to the Professional Develop. Programme for Elementary Teachers Bridge course - CIC issued an advisory u/s 25(5) of the RTI Act to the Chairman, Nation Institute of Open Schooling to organise basic training programmes on RTI Act matters...more>>