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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

February 28, 2023
CIC: PIO failed to provide any justification for denial & providing replies; Omission of FAA in issuing not speaking orders & disposing the first appeals is a matter of grave concern; There is no express bar on number of RTI applications that can be filed...more>>
February 26, 2023
CIC: Outstretching the interpretation of Section 2(f) to include deductions and inferences to be drawn by the PIO is unwarranted as it casts immense pressure on the PIOs to provide the correct deduction/inference to avoid being subject to penal provisions...more>>



February 24, 2023
Information regarding SCN by SEBI - CIC: Information was held in fiduciary capacity and also included information which is commercially confidential in nature; the disclosure may have impeded the process of investigation/ prosecution of offenders...more>>
February 22, 2023
Appellant disputed the veracity of the information given and questioned the mode of verification of educational qualifications of MPs put on the Lok Sabha Secretariat website - CIC: Veracity of the information given cannot be adjudicated under the RTI Act...more>>



February 20, 2023
Information about companies/firms/LLP registered under ROCAP and those which have inducted foreign nationals as directors etc was sought - CIC: Eexemption claimed u/s 8 is not specific and the same was not amplified in the reply; Send a revised reply...more>>
February 17, 2023
Information about tender - CIC: The claim of photocopying charges after the lapse of 30 days was not maintainable as per the RTI Act - CIC: PIO directed to provide the 125 pages free of cost after taking assistance from the custodian u/s 5(4) of RTI Act...more>>