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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    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

September 8, 2017
CIC: Information pertaining to the disciplinary proceedings should not be disclosed & the reason why such disclosures should not be encouraged is governance - CIC: The proceedings in the disciplinary case have not reached a logical conclusion...more>>
September 6, 2017
CIC recommends that the details of the impugned order of the lower Courts/Tribunal etc. be made available on the website of the High Court to help the stake holders in linking the Court's judgments with the impugned orders...more>>



September 4, 2017
Commission was appalled to learn that exemption u/s 8(1)(j) was claimed on generic information - CIC directed to have this matter inquired & to convene periodic conferences to sensitize the concerned officials about the relevant provisions of the RTI Act...more>>
September 1, 2017
Complainant sought information regarding his service matter which had been referred to President via board for getting formal closure - CIC: Complainant could not substantiate his claims further regarding malafide denial of information ...more>>



August 30, 2017
Details of approval given to IS Standard 4576 was denied stating that the IOCL was not the authority concerned for issuing BIS certificate - CIC: U/s 6(3), the PIO to transfer the RTI application to the BIS, within five days of the receipt of this order ...more>>
August 28, 2017
CIC observed that the authorized representative of the appellant in the present matter was inadvertently named as the “appellant” by the Central Registry - CIC counselled the Registrar, to be more careful in future so that such lapses do not recur ...more>>