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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

May 14, 2021
PIO: Project work details of Ms. Ratneshwari Ojha is personal information of a third party which is exempt from disclosure under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act - The CIC found no scope of intervention in the matter and upheld the submissions of the PIO...more>>
May 12, 2021
FAA disposed off the First Appeal without any direction - CIC instructed the Municipal Council to convene periodic seminars to sensitize, familiarize and educate the concerned officials about the provisions of the RTI Act for effective discharge of duties...more>>



May 10, 2021
Information related to the pay scale of the staff of MESCO College of Pharmacy - CIC: Denial of the information by the CPIO (AICTE) citing the refusal of the concerned college to part with the information is grossly inappropriate; Inform the gross salary...more>>
May 7, 2021
CIC: Appellant has merely sought to know the number of cases of issuance of fake certificates and disclosure has no bearing on any aspect of the trial process - CIC: Provide the particulars of the authority with whom the complaints can be filed...more>>



May 5, 2021
CIC: The internal correspondence of concerned third person and also medical leave records of employees are exempt from disclosure under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act - CIC: Provide the date-wise documents of availability or receipt of the PhD thesis...more>>
May 3, 2021
Minutes of meeting of the committees like CEB, ACC, CSB, PESB, lokpal etc.- CIC: Provide access to the permissible information for Lokpal Committee in terms of the number of meetings, dates, details of the persons who attended and subject matter discussed...more>>