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

November 15, 2016
CIC: Furnish certified extracts of register of attendance of the appellant & inform the method by which the public authority rendered payment of grants to him - CIC issued SCN to the PIO & granted compensation of Rs. 1000/- to the appellant...more>>
November 11, 2016
Appellant wanted implementation of DOPT circular which says in the absence of declaration of any tribe as scheduled tribe in the UT of Delhi, no posts can be reserved for them – CIC: Secretary to hear the appellant’s representation & consider the same...more>>



November 9, 2016
CIC: It is the duty of Information Commission to examine the public interest in each case of 2nd appeal; A right to seek legal remedy in a court of law is an issue of public interest - CIC: Counter affidavit is a information given under fiduciary capacity...more>>
November 7, 2016
Staff Selection Commission was asked regarding lack of transparency in allocation of posts in Combined Graduate Level Examination - CIC took a very serious view of the delay in replying; PIO cautioned to attend to RTI applications with seriousness ...more>>



November 4, 2016
CIC: Nearly 250 RTI applications filed by the appellant which are frivolous & have no public interest - CIC directed the PIO to prepare a comprehensive note on the RTI applications filed & upload the same on official website along with this order...more>>
November 2, 2016
Information pertaining to Mrs. Durga Shakti Nagpal, (IAS) - CIC: The crux of the penalty provisions is that the PIO should have obstructed the supply of the information with intent or should have acted consciously & deliberately to block the information...more>>