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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   

Case Laws

October 26, 2019
Information pertaining to the civil work done by M/s Progressive Engineers, Rourkela for HSCL, Rourkela Steel Plant was sought - CIC: No reply was given; Show cause notice issued why penal action under Section 20(1) of the RTI Act should not be initiated...more>> 		October 24, 2019
Information regarding disciplinary action seeking various stages of advice - CIC: There is no third party information; It is immaterial that Appellant was provided with the documents alongwith the charge sheet; Appellant has the right to seek it under RTI...more>>
October 22, 2019
Information regarding the KVS teaching-staff who have been removed from service under Article 81 (D) of the Education Code - PIO: Information would have to be obtained from 25 different Regional Offices - CIC: Application of section 7(9) upheld...more>> 		October 20, 2019
Information with regard to selection of students for Stage 2 examination of National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) - CIC: The appellant was not present to specify the deficiencies in the reply; No further action is called for under these circumstances...more>>
October 16, 2019
Appellant: Certified copy of the complaint and copies of the proceedings were denied by NHRC u/s 8(1)(j) - CIC: Information relates to personal information of a third party, the disclosure of which has no relationship to any public interest; Denial upheld...more>> 		October 14, 2019
Applicant filed 92 RTIs applications and appeals - Regarding the issue of filing multiple RTI applications, the CIC referred to the SC decision CBSE v. Aditya Bandopadhyay and Ors - CIC: Furnish the certified copy of Enquiry Report to the Appellant...more>>

Articles

Section 8 (1)(j) of the RTI Act to be amended by the Personal Data Protection Act, 2018
July 28, 2018 What changes are proposed by the Srikrishna Committee in the Data Protection Bill?   more>>
Disclosure of the documents provided for defending a case of sexual harassment
July 7, 2018 Does the RTI Act affect the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act?   more>>
Internet Banking OTP should be part of Mandatory SMS and should not be chargeable
June 20, 2018 Government is moving towards digitization in all sectors of economy   more>>

Comments

Problem in the methodology of calculating pension within the salary limit by EPFO pension division
September 4, 2018 I am contemplating filing a non compliance complaint to the CIC   more>>
Are reports about the sale and purchase of EBs sent to the Government ‘fiduciary’?
August 17, 2018 Electoral Bonds Scheme allows any person to make donations to a political party   more>>
Is there any CPIO for the Delhi Bar Council under the RTI Act, 2005?
August 17, 2018 An authority which has to regulate conduct of advocates is itself boldly defying the law   more>>