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Guidelines regarding the authenticity of usage of Swamy's Medical Attendance Rule while dealing with any kind of medical reimbursement - CIC: Giving reasons/ opinions/ interpretations, etc are beyond the scope of duty of the CPIO     Right to Information Act 2005    Respondent remained absent despite service of notice - CIC: Absence of the respondent is viewed seriously by the Commission and the PIO is cautioned to be careful in future - CIC directed to provide revised point-wise reply against point Nos. 6 to 8     Right to Information Act 2005    Guidelines regarding transfer of MBBS students from Ukraine to other country to complete remaining education - PIO: Queries raised by Foreign Medical Students from Ukraine & China have been uploaded on NMC website - CIC: Appropriate response provided     Right to Information Act 2005    RTI application filed with PACL Nodal Officer and Secretary, Judge (Retd) R.M. Lotha Committee - CIC: Appellant has filed the First Appeal before the FAA, SEBI without even filing any RTI Application with SEBI; Appeal is not maintainable     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Outstretching the interpretation of Section 2(f) to include deductions & inferences to be drawn by the PIO is unwarranted; It casts immense pressure on PIOs to ensure that they provide the correct deduction to avoid being subject to penal provisions     Right to Information Act 2005    Alleged wrong degree certificate by BIT Mesra University - CIC strongly advises the PIO to follow up on the correspondence and facilitate proper redressal of the grievance as it seemingly affects the welfare of similarly placed community of students     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

March 12, 2012
Fee to be refunded when information provided beyond 30 days by the PIO...more>> 		March 11, 2012
Disclosure of Ayodhya excavation report ordered under RTI...more>>
March 10, 2012
PIO should explain why an information is exempt from disclosure under a specific section...more>> 		March 9, 2012
Grant of compensation for non-supply of information ...more>>
March 9, 2012
Can an adopted child seek the details of deceased father’s records?...more>> 		March 8, 2012
Records seized by DRI are not liable to be disclosed under section 24 of the RTI Act...more>>

Articles

COVID 19 casualty – Most State Information Commissions in quarantine
April 29, 2020 COVID lockdown has turned the citizenry into passive consumers of information   more>>
Are the Gujarat High Court Rules in consonance with the provisions of the RTI Act?
April 7, 2020 The scope of the RTI Act is being restricted by the Supreme Court judgment   more>>
CORONAVIRUS - What after 14th April, 2020? Would extended lockdown contain Corona infection?
March 29, 2020 If there is a largescale infection of Covid 19, we should not be not caught napping   more>>

Comments

Congratulations to the team for regular articles and news
November 23, 2012 I am a regular visitor to the site and find the cases interesting   more>>
RTI Article regarding CPA has been very well written
November 21, 2012 Most PIOs are not aware that CPA can be used in cases of RTI Application   more>>
Disrobing of public officials in the name of RTI would stop
November 12, 2012 Yellow journalism was taking over the RTI movement with demand for disclosure of personal details   more>>