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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

March 31, 2023
PIO: Information pertained to Model Code of Conduct; As the complaint was received after completion of Delhi Legislative Assembly, no action was required to be taken - CIC accepted the explanation for violation of the RTI Act and issued warning for future...more>>
March 29, 2023
When appellant’s application will be placed for consideration before the Rajya Sabha? CIC: Query is in the nature of eliciting answer to a future event; No obligation to answer queries with prefixes, such as, why, what, when and whether under the RTI Act...more>>



March 27, 2023
List of defaulters of loan greater than 50 crores as available with RBI etc. - CIC: Queries are general, wide and non-specific without mentioning nomenclature & period; PIO is not supposed to create information; PIO and FAA have not applied their mind...more>>
March 24, 2023
Details of CPIO/FAA of certain nationalised banks was denied by RBI - CIC: U/s 18 of the Act, the Commission cannot direct the respondent to provide information; CIC could not find any malafide intention in obstructing the information to the complainant...more>>



March 22, 2023
Details of complaint procedure for demand by LPG delivery boy more than net amount mentioned in invoice - CIC appropriate response has been given to the appellant after substantive delay; Penal action as per Section 20 (1) may be initiated in future...more>>
March 20, 2023
Whether wrong facts regarding Hindustan Zinc’s Disinvestment were placed by CBI intentionally before the Supreme Court - CIC: PIO cannot expect to communicate to the citizen the reason why a certain thing was done or not done in the sense of justification...more>>