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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

June 10, 2021
Appellant sought a copy of a sale deed - PIO: Copy of Sale deed is not available - CIC expressed displeasure on the conduct of the PIO and directed to file a written explanation justifying the said conduct - CIC: Allow inspection of documents...more>> 		June 8, 2021
CIC: Provide information about the number of teaching & non-teaching staff assigned on duty on the three days of the examination as well as the number of these staff that belonged to the school under reference and the number of external staff free of cost...more>>
June 6, 2021
Appellant asked why there is a difference of amount between OS (Outstanding Amount) and DP (Drawing Power) & related question - CIC: Revisit the RTI application; Provide revised information including copy of calculation sheet of appellant’s loan account...more>> 		June 4, 2021
CIC agreed with the PIO and held that DRDO has been placed in the Second Schedule of the RTI Act vide notification No. GSR 347 dated 28/09/2005 by the Central Government in exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Section 2 of Section 24 of the RTI Act...more>>
June 2, 2021
The marital status mentioned by the appellant’s wife in the bank account opening form like whether Single/ Married/ Separated/ Divorcee - CIC: The protection from disclosure u/s 8(1)(j) cannot be lifted due to a private dispute between husband and wife...more>> 		May 31, 2021
PIO: Information about copy of the total budget, inventories of items etc. is voluminous in nature the collation and compilation of which may cause disproportionate diversion of the resources of the public authority - CIC: Offer inspection of the records...more>>