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Non-compliance of CIC order - CIC took an adverse view of the inaction on the part of the respondent - CIC directed the Director General, Geological Survey of India to take corrective action and recommended disciplinary action against PIO u/s 20(2)     Right to Information Act 2005    Information pertaining to projects awarded by NHAI in which provision for Dispute Review Board was persisting was sought by a research scholar - CIC examined the case records; Exemption claimed u/s 8(1)(d) and 8(1)(e) of the RTI Act is inappropriate     Right to Information Act 2005    Copy of appellants own answer sheet of Political Science paper II of B.A. 2nd year was not provided by the deemed PIO claiming that the Executive Council has decided not to entertain such requests till further orders - CIC: Provide the information     Right to Information Act 2005    Details about the tours/visits with costs and expenditure with documents were sought from Manipur University - Appellant contended that the enclosures provided to him are not legible - CIC: Provide legible copies of all the relevant documents in 7 days     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Copies of all the official circulars, orders etc should be suo-moto disclosed by the Public Authority on their website for the convenience of the public at large; Provide proper hyper-links and sub-links where the desired information is available     Right to Information Act 2005    Appellant sought information regarding his consignments being taken away in the past from Customs CFS claiming that the Respondent had failed to establish as to how the disclosure would impede investigation - CIC: Provide the updated status to Appellant     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    Office of the Chief Justice of India is covered under the ambit of the RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005    Government notifies amendment to RTI Rules in respect of the Information Commissioners     Right to Information Act 2005    Whether NGOs substantially financed by the government be covered under RTI Act?     Right to Information Act 2005   

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December 14, 2019
Non-compliance of CIC order - CIC took an adverse view of the inaction on the part of the respondent - CIC directed the Director General, Geological Survey of India to take corrective action and recommended disciplinary action against PIO u/s 20(2) ...more>> 		December 12, 2019
Information pertaining to projects awarded by NHAI in which provision for Dispute Review Board was persisting was sought by a research scholar - CIC examined the case records; Exemption claimed u/s 8(1)(d) and 8(1)(e) of the RTI Act is inappropriate...more>>
December 10, 2019
Copy of appellants own answer sheet of Political Science paper II of B.A. 2nd year was not provided by the deemed PIO claiming that the Executive Council has decided not to entertain such requests till further orders - CIC: Provide the information...more>> 		December 8, 2019
Details about the tours/visits with costs and expenditure with documents were sought from Manipur University - Appellant contended that the enclosures provided to him are not legible - CIC: Provide legible copies of all the relevant documents in 7 days...more>>
December 6, 2019
CIC: Copies of all the official circulars, orders etc should be suo-moto disclosed by the Public Authority on their website for the convenience of the public at large; Provide proper hyper-links and sub-links where the desired information is available...more>> 		December 4, 2019
Appellant sought information regarding his consignments being taken away in the past from Customs CFS claiming that the Respondent had failed to establish as to how the disclosure would impede investigation - CIC: Provide the updated status to Appellant...more>>

Articles

Office of the Chief Justice of India is covered under the ambit of the RTI Act
November 13, 2019 The basic crux of the Constitutional bench judgment would strengthen transparency   more>>
Government notifies amendment to RTI Rules in respect of the Information Commissioners
October 30, 2019 Tenure, salaries, allowances & conditions of Information Commissioners to be decided by Govt.   more>>
Whether NGOs substantially financed by the government be covered under RTI Act?
September 18, 2019 NGOs fall within the ambit of ‘public authority’ under Section 2 (h) of the RTI Act, 2005   more>>

Comments

If the RTI Act could encompass the Private Banks which deal with Public Money
December 15, 2019 Someone should take initiative before the appropriate authority to contain corruption   more>>
Service book of a government employee has to be maintained in each and every case
November 18, 2019 Denial of supply of copy of service to an applicant is wrong and attracts penal action u/s 20   more>>
Office of the Chief Justice is a public authority
November 13, 2019 When the CJI requires 14 years to decide that it should be open   more>>