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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 12, 2021
The name of appellant’s mother was incorrect in the passing certificate issued by NIOS - CIC: The issuance of a correct passing certificate means the creation of new information which does not come under the provision of Section 2(f) of the RTI Act...more>>
February 10, 2021
The Nodal CPIO is transferring the RTI applications to numerous CPIOs within the public authority without application of mind - CIC: Show cause notice issued to the PIO; The Vice Chairman, DDA advised to look into the style of work in the RTI cell ...more>>



February 8, 2021
Details of employees who had availed LTC 80 ticket from 2010 to 2017 - CIC: CPIO is neither obliged to compile any fresh data which entails disproportionate diversion of the resources of the public authority nor is he expected to provide interpretation...more>>
February 6, 2021
Updated status of a matter related to registered Trade Mark - PIO: Most of the information sought is already available on their website - Appellant: Website was not working - CIC: PIO to provide a revised reply; FAA cautioned to follow the RTI regime...more>>



February 4, 2021
Information about the National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme - PIO: In all the RTI applications where the appellant was directed to pay the requisite photocopying charges, he has never paid the same - CIC: Appellant himself is non-serious...more>>
February 2, 2021
Copy of minutes of Selection Committee constituted under the Lokpal & Lokayuktas Act, 2013 was denied as being supplied in confidence by the high level dignitaries - Appellant: Basis of selection of Lokpal / Lokayukta be disclosed - CIC upheld the denial...more>>