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Matter of cruelty to cattle at BHEL - CIC: No reply has been provided till date which is a violation of the timeframe stipulated under RTI Act - Smt Prachi Jain, CPIO & Assistant Secretary to show cause explaining why penal action should not be initiated     Right to Information Act 2005    Information relating to India Non-Judicial stamp paper - CIC: The RTI Application and First Appeal are filed by separate individuals; Since the channel of First Appeal has not been properly exhausted by the Appellant, the second appeal is not maintainable     Right to Information Act 2005    Legal basis for constituting a selection committee for shortlisting applicant for CIC; Records evidencing that the Cabinet Secretary exercised his mind to find that Ms. Amita Pandove possessed all the qualifications - CIC: Appropriate response provided     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Testing procedure followed for testing of certain parameters of a Polymer (Flocculant) procured by Security Paper Mill through public tender is a matter of public interest; Not a core activity and does not affect security interests in any manner     Right to Information Act 2005    Certified copy of entire pages of correspondence & noting side of the file by which a particular order was issued - Respondent: Information regarding transfer of other employees has no relationship to any public activity or interest - CIC: Denial upheld     Right to Information Act 2005    Denial of specific part of regulation from which the clause "promotion to a higher grade cannot be made without having the corresponding position available in the higher grade and no promotion can be made effective from a retrospective date” upheld by CIC     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   
2nd edition of "PIOs Guide on RTI" published - Based on study of over one lakh orders of CIC and judgments of Courts - Book carries subject wise case laws, latest legal updates, Practical tips for PIOs and FAAs - Needs of all stakeholders covered

Case Laws

August 7, 2023
Search and seizure operation of Income Tax - CIC: PIO to reiterate his offer of inspection of records on a mutually decided date - CIC: Ensure that due assistance is provided to the Appellant during the inspection in accessing and identifying the records...more>> 		August 4, 2023
Information about defaulter companies, NPA accounts, Shri Vijay Mallaya etc were sought - CIC: Wait for the final outcome of the Writ Petitions pending with Supreme Court regarding non-disclosure of the part of the Annual Inspection Report/RAR, etc....more>>
August 2, 2023
Information about the position of incarceration of Kulbhushan Jadhav was sought by a BPL citizen - Respondent: Information is on a sensitive matter, disclosure of which has security and strategic implications and is exempt u/s 8(1)(a) - CIC: Denial upheld...more>> 		July 31, 2023
Information regarding alleged bogus bills submitted by Ms. Hina Shah, Standing Government Counsel - PIO: As dealing hand left the CAT Office of Mumbai without giving the password, Online RTI Applications could not be responded - CIC: Exercise due caution...more>>
July 28, 2023
Evaluated answer script of Departmental Competitive Examination was denied to the candidate citing UPSC v. Angesh Kumar - CIC observed that its relief order in a similar case in UPSC v. Ms. Kavitha Panicker was stayed by Delhi High Court; matter adjourned...more>> 		July 26, 2023
Information about Income Tax survey, if it has been converted into search etc. - CIC: Information held in fiduciary capacity and related to personal information of third party cannot be provided being exempt u/s 8(1)(e) and (j) of the RTI Act...more>>

Articles

Is a reply to a RTI application admissible in a court of law as evidence?
June 7, 2022 An attested signed copy has been accepted by many courts as a piece of evidence   more>>
Analysis of the Central Information Commission’s (CIC) Annual Report for the year 2020-21
March 7, 2022 Trends with regard to rejection of RTIs in the Central Public Authorities   more>>
Fate of the complaint filed before the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission
February 15, 2022 Pending human rights cases should be disposed of as per law by the Competent Authority   more>>

Comments

The Central Information Commission at Delhi is without its Chief
October 6, 2023 Tenure of Shri Y. K. Sinha. Chief Information Commissioner comes to an end on October 3, 2023   more>>
The Tirumala Tirupati temple is a public authority which falls under the ambit of the RTI Act
September 18, 2023 Stop the interference of the Government to say that the TTD is independent   more>>
Can reply to the RTI application be sent on personal id which appears suspicious?
September 11, 2023 Reply to the RTI forwarded by speed post was returned back for incomplete address   more>>