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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

September 5, 2021
Answer sheet showed that two answers were left unchecked - PIO: No provision for revaluation in University - CIC: Universities to protect the interest of aspirants; Explore the viability of introducing revaluation facility; Place copy of order before VC...more>> 		September 3, 2021
Implementation of CIC Order - CIC: The PIO to provide a revised reply to the RTI Application incorporating the remaining pages of the file noting(s) - CIC: As regards the legibility of the averred document, PIO will resend another copy to the Appellant...more>>
September 1, 2021
Information about experience of third parties for the post of Principal - CIC: Information regarding the qualifications, experience etc. of the averred third parties was appropriately denied u/s 8(1)(j); Pursue before Court / respective state government...more>> 		August 30, 2021
Information about registration of a Safe House for couples being managed by an NGO - CIC expressed extreme displeasure at the conduct of the PIO for not giving any reply and for not forwarding the RTI application to the concerned; Strict warning issued...more>>
August 27, 2021
Information regarding maintenance allowance granted to appellant’s wife was denied u/s 8(1)(e) & 8(1)(j) - CIC: Under the RTI Act, a husband is considered as a third party to his wife & the same applies vice-versa; No larger public interest in disclosure...more>> 		August 25, 2021
Information about a representation - PIO: Copy of the representation was not received in their office, hence no information was provided - FAA directed the PIO to re-examine and dispose the case within 15 days - CIC issued a strict warning to the then PIO...more>>