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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

May 1, 2023
CIC: There is lack of coordination among the officials of the Personnel Department & Refractory unit which is quite unacceptable - CIC: A strict warning is issued to the PIOs for not replying timely and not transferring application to deemed PIO u/s 6(3)...more>>
April 26, 2023
CIC: “As to when the appellant will be offered appointment on compassionate grounds” is futuristic and hypothetical - CIC: Whether the appellant is eligible for appointment on compassionate grounds is interrogative - CIC: Not covered u/s 2(f) of RTI Act...more>>



April 24, 2023
Property details of Army officers was denied u/s 8(1)(j) of RTI Act - CIC: Property details of third parties sought by the appellant are purely personal in nature; Mere allegation of corruption is not sufficient to consider it a public interest issue...more>>
April 21, 2023
Information was denied u/s 8(1)(h) as at the time of furnishing reply, disciplinary proceedings were pending - As informed by the PIO during the hearing, the disciplinary proceedings against the appellant have concluded - CIC: Provide a revised reply...more>>



April 19, 2023
Information regarding family - CIC: On receipt of the requisite documents proving his relationship with the deceased as well as the legal heir proof of him and his father to justify the entitlement to receive information, PIO to provide suitable reply...more>>
April 17, 2023
CIC: Information pertaining to the pending investigations & other related proceedings of Late Sh. Sita Ram Jha fall under the ambit of third party information which is expressly barred from disclosure under Section-8(1)(j); No public interest established...more>>