A one stop destination for all Right to Information (RTI) matters
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A one stop destination for all Right to Information (RTI) matters


Process of recognizing law colleges: U/s 25 (5), the CIC recommends the Bar Council of India to voluntarily disclose every inspection report of the affiliated colleges/universities recognised in order to enhance transparency in the recognizing process     Right to Information Act 2005    Respondent: First appeal was addressed to CBI Bhopal, therefore, could not be disposed of by IT Office - CIC: RTI Application replied appropriately; In the absence of appellant to plead his case or contest the CPIO’s submissions, no scope of intervention     Right to Information Act 2005    Non-compliance of CIC order - PIO: Office has never received copy of the Order dated 06.11.2023; On receipt of a RTI, the online portal was gone through and accordingly, the orders were found - CIC: Respondent directed to be cautious in future     Right to Information Act 2005    Appellant sought information whether he is eligible for the payment of gratuity as the same was denied on the pretext that he has not completed 5 years of service - CIC: Giving reasons/ opinions/ interpretations, etc are beyond the scope of duty of PIO     Right to Information Act 2005    ACR - CIC empathizes with the concern of the Appellant and advises him to pursue the matter through proper channel - CIC: Respondent (Tis Hazari Court) to look at the online ACR system (SPARROW by NIC) with a view to adopt it for their own organization     Right to Information Act 2005    Information regarding preliminary report an Attack Helicopter (IA 2148) crash of Indian Army in an operational area near international border was denied to the former Commanding Officer u/s 8 (1) (e) & (h) - CIC: No public interest involved in disclosure     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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Supreme Court Cases
S.No. Case No. Petitioner Respondent Link
1 Special Leave Appeal (Civil) No. 23250 of 2008 Union Public Service Commission Shivshambhu and Others Click
2 Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 34868 of 2009 Khanapuran Gandaiah Administrative Officer and Ors. Click
3 Civil Appeal No. 7571 of 2009 The Institute of Chartered Accountant of India Shaunak H. Satya and Ors. Click
4 Special Leave Appeal (Civil) No. 9592 of 2011 P.C. Wadhwa C.I.C. and Ors. Click
5 Special Leave Appeal (Civil) No. 19649 of 2009 Directorate of Enforcement Arun Kumar Agrawal and Ors. Click
6 Civil Appeal No. 6454 of 2011 Central Board of Secondary Education and Anr. Aditya Bandopadhyay and Ors. Click
7 CIVIL WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 210 of 2012 Namit Sharma Union of India Click
8 Review Petition [C] No.2309 of 2012 in WP [C] No.210 of 2012 with Review Petition [C] No.2675 of 2012 in WP[C] No.210 of 2012 Union of India,State of Rajasthan & Anr. Namit Sharma Click
9 Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 27734 of 2012 Girish Ramchandra Deshpande Central Information Commr. & Ors. Click
10 Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil)....../2013 CC 1853/2013 Karnataka Information Commissioner. State Public Information Officer & Anr Click
11 Civil Appeal No. 9052 OF 2012 Bihar Public Service Commission. Saiyed Hussain Abbas Rizwi & Anr. Click
12 Civil Appeal Nos. 10787-10788 of 2011 Chief Information Commr. & another State of Manipur & another Click
13 Civil Appeal No. 9017 of 2013(Arising out of SLP (C) No.24290 of 2012) and Civil Appeal Nos. 9020, 9029 & 9023 OF 2013 (Arising out of SLP (C) No.24291 of 2012, 13796 and 13797 of 2013) Thalappalam Ser. Coop. Bank Ltd. and others State of Kerala and others Click
14 Civil Appeal No.(s).6159-6162 of 2013 Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and others Angesh Kumar & others Click
15 Writ Petition (Civil) No.194 Of 2012 with T.C.(C) No. 129 of 2013 W.P.(C) No. 238 of 2014 T.C.(C) No. 32 of 2014 W.P.(C) No. 40 of 2016 W.P.(C) No. 205 of 2016 SLP(C) No. 30659 of 2017 Common Cause High Court of Allahabad & Anr. Click
16 Civil Appeal No. 9828 of 2013 With Civil Appeal Nos. 9844­9845 of 2013 Civil Appeal Nos. 9846­9857 of 2013 Civil Appeal No. 9860 of 2013 D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society & Ors. Director of Public Instructions & Ors. Click
17 Civil Appeal No(S).1966-1967 of 2020 (Arising out of SLP(C) No.5840 of 2015) Chief Information Commissioner . High Court Of Gujarat and Another . Click
18 Civil Appeal No 22 of 2009 Canara Bank C S Shyam and Another Click
19 Civil Appeal No. 5665/2014 Institute of Companies Secretaries of India Paras Jain Click
20 Transferred Case (Civil) No. 91 of 2015, 92 to 101 of 2015 Reserve Bank of India and others Jayantilal N. Mistry and others Click
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Case No M.A. No.2342 of 2019 In Transferred Case (Civil) No.91 of 2015 with M.A. No.805/2020 in T.C.(C) No. 91/2015 M.A. No.1870/2020 in T.C.(C) No. 91/2015 M.A. No.534/2020 in T.C.(C) No. 91/2015 M.A. No.1046/2020 in T.C.(C) No. 91/2015 M.A. No.1129/2020 in T.C.(C) No. 91/2015 M.A. No.1646/2020 in T.C.(C) No. 91/2015 M.A. No.1647/2020 in T.C.(C) No. 91/2015 M.A. No.1648/2020 in T.C.(C) No. 91/2015 M.A. No.2008/2020 in T.C.(C) No. 91/2015 M.A. No.560/2021 in T.C.(C) No. 91/2015 M.A. No.573/2021 in T.C.(C) No. 91/2015

Reserve Bank of India and others Jayantilal N. Mistry and others Click
22 Civil Appeal No. 10044 of 2010, Civil Appeal No. 10045 of 2010 and Civil Appeal No. 2683 of 2010 Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court of India Subhash Chandra Agarwal Click
23 Civil Appeal No. … of 2013 arising out of SLP(C)No. 22609/2012; R.K. Jain UoI & Anr Click
24 WP (C) No. 880 of 2017 with WP (C) No. 59 of 2018 with WP (C) No. 975 of 2022 and WP (C) No. 1132 of 2022 Association for Democratic Reforms & Anr. Union of India & Ors. Click