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CIC: On being queried regarding the reasons for not providing the Appellant his own ACR reports, it was re-iterated that the said information was not available with them - CIC instructed the Respondent to furnish copies of ACR to the Appellant     Right to Information Act 2005    Information regarding grant given to Universities by the Central Government - CIC instructed the Secretary, MHRD to depute an officer not below the rank of a JS to examine the RTI application & provide a suitable response - Show cause notice for penalty     Right to Information Act 2005    A grievance related to promotion and transfer of SAG grade General Duties medical Officer in ESIC - CIC advised the appellant to submit a representation to the Public Authority and directed the PIO to provide action taken report after consultation     Right to Information Act 2005    It was noted by the CIC that invalid transfer was done & that too not in the proper format; The then PIO of CVC was warned - CIC: The PIO should note that in future if the same mistake is noticed, more stringent action can be taken against him     Right to Information Act 2005    Information pertaining to agenda for relaxation of Rule17 of the DDA (Disposal of Developed Nazul Land) Rules sent to M/o Housing & Urban Affairs for consideration & issue of final notification - CIC directed to facilitate inspection of documents     Right to Information Act 2005    Appellant filed multiple RTI applications of similar nature seeking information related to charge-sheet against him - CIC: Appellant is advised not to file multiple applications; Public Authority is authorized to reject applications with identical subject     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    Union Ministry of Defence directed to disclose Joint Operational Doctrines under the RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005    There are a host of issues for law students to do research in respect of the RTI Act, 2005     Right to Information Act 2005    Proposal to amend the RTI Act to vary the salaries payable to the Information Commissioners     Right to Information Act 2005   

Case Laws

July 27, 2018
Information relating to receipt & disposal of RTI applications for a particular period was sought - Appellant: As it is liable for suo motu disclosure, Sec 7(9) cannot be invoked - CIC granted 4 months for updating the software & training the employees...more>> 		July 25, 2018
Appellant sought copy of the file noting with comments of DGMS (Navy) staff relating to his transfer - CIC: Invoke Section 10 to adequately severe the details of other officers who have been discussed upon in the file notings as also any deployment detail...more>>
July 23, 2018
Appellant: Rs. 4,414 was charged for supplying of 906 pages, out of which 406 pages were irrelevant - Respondent agreed to refund the balance amount to the appellant in consultation with the DoPT after verifying from ACES the number of relevant pages...more>> 		July 20, 2018
Information regarding a certified copy of appellant’s answer script for the B.Ed examination was sought - During the hearing, the CIC was informed that the grievance of the Appellant had since been redressed - CIC: No further intervention is required...more>>
July 18, 2018
Appellant sought to know the local address of an employee claiming that the allotment of house was based on wrong declaration - CIC: Appellant’s allegation cannot be ascertained in a fool-proof method; Provide the address in larger public interest...more>> 		July 16, 2018
Information regarding the presence of the total amount at Bastar Post Office etc. was denied u/s 8(1)(j) - Respondent: The appellant is employed is Inspector of Posts and was charge-sheeted - CIC: Sec 8(1)(j) has been wrongly quoted instead of Sec 8(1)(h)...more>>

Articles

Does the Government have any mechanism to monitor compliance of its own directive?
February 12, 2018 CIC had recommended to upload work done by all Ministries on their respective websites   more>>
Should “corruption” be factored into studies on the ‘ease of doing business’?
December 10, 2017 Action taken by the anti-graft agencies to prosecute the corrupt would give a better indication   more>>
Indian Bank Association is a public authority under the RTI Act, 2005
December 2, 2017 Majority of Managing Committee members of IBA are MDs of PSBs   more>>

Comments

Bill should be passed to finalize complaints against the Chartered Accountants within stipulated time
October 5, 2018 The President and PM have asked the CAs to take corrective measures   more>>
The details of the Government employee should be shared under the RTI Act
October 3, 2018 Those employees who are cheating the Government should be punished   more>>
Feedback on the Draft of Data Protection Bill can be submitted till September 30
September 9, 2018 One can submit the feedback online or through post   more>>