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Information regarding bidders for SBI - CIC: Appellant has been provided with the available information; CPIO has also explained the unviability of the information related to the remaining bidders during the hearing, which leaves no scope of intervention     Right to Information Act 2005    Information about Directors & Deans in Raksha Shakti University and Rashtriya Raksha University - CIC: Information available on record has been provided; A lot of information is already available in public domain; No further intervention necessary     Right to Information Act 2005    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    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    Chief Information Commissioner has powers to frame Regulations for the constitution of Benches under RTI     Right to Information Act 2005    Chief Information Commissioner has powers to frame Regulations tfor constitution of Benches     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   
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Case Laws

September 17, 2013
List of the transfers made since 2000 – CIC: finding out such details over 12 years will disproportionately divert the resources of LS Secretariat - cannot be disclosed as it has to be collected from many individual files - section 7(9) applicable...more>>
September 17, 2013
Details about passport issued to her husband denied as third party personal information – Appellant claimed although he is known as Lalit Kadian, he had got a passport issued in the name of Milan Hooda – CIC: disclosure warranted in larger public interest...more>>



September 17, 2013
Information in question originated from the Air India - it relates to the functioning of NTRO – CIC: irrespective of who is holding the information pertaining to NTRO, it has a bearing on security issues of the nation - disclosure exempt u/s 8(1)(a) ...more>>
September 16, 2013
Documents relating to his complaint against the Canara Bank in the matter of M/s Metafilms India Ltd denied – Appellant argued that enquiry initiated on the basis of his complaint – CIC: PIO to revisit the communications and apply severability...more>>



September 16, 2013
‘Opinion/advice’ on queries raised by appellant were sought quoting section 2(f) & 4(1)(d) – PIO: no such information available on record - CIC: PIO to permit inspection of the relevant files - not required to draw inferences or make assumptions ...more>>
September 16, 2013
Policies formulated for the Socio economic development of Denotified Tribes & Nomadic Tribes by GOI - proposal was submitted to the Ministry in 2008 and the same is still under consideration - CIC: information cannot be prematurely provided...more>>