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List of defaulters of loan greater than 50 crores as available with RBI etc. - CIC: Queries are general, wide and non-specific without mentioning nomenclature & period; PIO is not supposed to create information; PIO and FAA have not applied their mind     Right to Information Act 2005    Details of CPIO/FAA of certain nationalised banks was denied by RBI - CIC: U/s 18 of the Act, the Commission cannot direct the respondent to provide information; CIC could not find any malafide intention in obstructing the information to the complainant     Right to Information Act 2005    Details of complaint procedure for demand by LPG delivery boy more than net amount mentioned in invoice - CIC appropriate response has been given to the appellant after substantive delay; Penal action as per Section 20 (1) may be initiated in future     Right to Information Act 2005    Whether wrong facts regarding Hindustan Zinc’s Disinvestment were placed by CBI intentionally before the Supreme Court - CIC: PIO cannot expect to communicate to the citizen the reason why a certain thing was done or not done in the sense of justification     Right to Information Act 2005    PIO: He has assumed charge only recently and has not been able to locate the records related to the instant RTI Application - Appellant: No reply received - CIC: Online RTI portal shows the online RTI application and reply; Show cause notice issued to PIO     Right to Information Act 2005    RTI Act does not make any provision for giving information to Corporations, Associations, Companies, etc. - CIC: If RTI application was filed by an office bearer of any legal entity, indicating his/her name and citizenship, information can be supplied     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    Supreme Court dismissed petition against holding CIAL a public authority under RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005    Impact of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 on the RTI Act, 2005     Right to Information Act 2005    Rule 12 of RTI (Subordinate Courts & Tribunals) Rules is not inconsistent with Article 19(1)(a) and the provisions of the RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005   

Case Laws

December 31, 2022
Information about the income tax return of the spouse was sought for use in a matrimonial dispute - CIC: Provide the “generic details of the net taxable income/gross income” of the wife for the specified time period as contained in the RTI Application...more>> 		December 28, 2022
Information about Bank frauds - CIC: Under Section 18 of the RTI Act, 2005, the CIC has no jurisdiction to direct disclosure of any information; The adequacy of information cannot be adjudicated by the Commission while examining the complaint...more>>
December 26, 2022
Action taken on complaint - PIO: Concerned department has not taken any action as it relates to business decision of the branch - CIC: Complaint was pertaining to the misconduct of their bank’s branch; the status of his complaint could have been provided...more>> 		December 23, 2022
PIO: RTI Act does not empower DoPT to decide whether an organization is a public authority - CIC: The Appellant is strongly rebuked for making a mockery of the RTI Act; the contents of his RTI Applications and grounds of Appeal are outright ludicrous...more>>
December 21, 2022
CIC: Ministry to exercise due diligence in enforcing the (Medical) Code of Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics in such a manner that it should not endanger the life and physical safety of any person owing to violation of any of the clauses...more>> 		December 18, 2022
CIC: The information sought is voluminous; PIO was right in stating that u/s 7(9), the information cannot be given - CIC: The information sought is related to many third parties and constitutes their personal information; Cannot be provided u/s 8(1)(j)...more>>

Articles

Supreme Court dismissed petition against holding CIAL a public authority under RTI Act
January 27, 2023 Would the Cochin International Airport Ltd disclose the minutes of the Board meeting?   more>>
Impact of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 on the RTI Act, 2005
November 27, 2022 The information rights would be giving way to privacy rights if the DPDPB becomes an Act   more>>
Rule 12 of RTI (Subordinate Courts & Tribunals) Rules is not inconsistent with Article 19(1)(a) and the provisions of the RTI Act
October 17, 2022 Copies of ''A' diary of civil and criminal postings of the cases cannot be obtained under the RTI Act   more>>

Comments

RTI can bring about real independence
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RTI has led to a new class of activists and lawyers
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At least 50% members of CIC must be from legal background
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