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


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    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

December 25, 2017
No reply in response to the RTI application was furnished, since a reply in to a similar RTI application had already been furnished - CIC: There was a delay of more than a year in transferring the RTI application - CIC: Show cause notice to both the PIO ...more>>
December 23, 2017
Complete details of tender process for construction of four lane road on NH-15 was sought -CIC: Disclosure would harm the competitive position of a third party – CIC denied sample material used in the construction of NH-15 u/s 8(1)(d) of the RTI Act, 2005...more>>



December 21, 2017
Penalty of Rs. 22/- had been imposed on the consumer without according any reason - On 14.09.2007, Delhi High Court had stayed the CIC order wherein the as Indraprastha Gas Limited was declared as public authority - CIC: No intervention required...more>>
December 20, 2017
Information regarding a case filed against the appellant on the basis of some allegations made by the Inspector of Police, CBI was denied u/s 8(1)(a), (g) & (h) - CIC noted that the records have since been weeded out & issued a Show Cause Notice to PIO...more>>



December 19, 2017
Copies of all written documents & allied information pertaining to partition of India were sought - CIC directed the Ministries of External Affairs, Culture & the PMO to collect all authentic documents from different sources & supply to National Archives ...more>>
December 17, 2017
Information regarding NOC, approval, etc of a particular HSD pump was sought by the appellant - Respondent: The hearing notice in respect to referred RTI application was not received & they were not ready for hearing in the matter - CIC: Matter adjourned...more>>