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Information about Transfer orders on Metnet portal - CIC: For some delay in providing the information the respondent tendered unconditional apology; RTI application was inadvertently not replied within the stipulated time and no mala fide was established     Right to Information Act 2005    Appellant indicated 4 PIOs of different zones to whom the queries pertained; Despite knowing, he filed single RTI application expecting the PIO to collect the information from the zones - CIC: Appellant advised to exercise his right in a judicious manner     Right to Information Act 2005    Respondent: Appellant had raised voluminous queries under multiple heads such as NSE Colo case, NSE penalty, Forensic Audit, SEBI settlement, proceedings, etc. and all of them were addressed in point- wise manner - CIC: Appeal is dismissed     Right to Information Act 2005    PIO: No document indicating specific Charter of Duties of LDC, UDC & OS is available in the Directorate; Army Head Quarter has 28 Line Directorate and all of them are independent appointing authority - CIC: No intervention required     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Since the Appellant had also sought adjudication of his dispute using the RTI, the reply is upheld - Scope of RTI Act extends only to disclosure of information as defined u/s 2(f) and not in redressal of grievances or resolving inter se disputes     Right to Information Act 2005    Appellant: Incorrect that information has already been published on website as no headings corresponding to 4(1)(b)(iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and others; First appeals disposed off mechanically without application of mind - CIC: Appropriate response provided     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

September 15, 2023
CIC: Information as defined u/s 2(f) has been duly provided and no further intervention is warranted - CIC took grave exception to the absence of PIO during hearing without intimating any reasons and a called for written explanation justifying the conduct...more>> 		September 13, 2023
CIC: Informing the total number of short-listed candidates, eligibility criteria for short-listing the candidates, etc. would not invade the personal information of third party and would not attract Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act; Sec 2(f) wrongly invoked...more>>
September 11, 2023
Inputs of Flight Standards Directorate on Renewal of pilot licenses - PIO: Renewal of Pilot License is a generic term and inputs might have been provided on various occasions on case to case - CIC: Information cannot be provided without specific details...more>> 		September 8, 2023
Action taken in a complaint for allegedly making the applicant an accused in a cyber-crime - CIC: Respondent has given vague and misleading reply which is not as per the RTI Act; Respondent to re-examine the RTI application and give revised reply...more>>
September 6, 2023
Copy of Credential Verification report and copy of Verification/Validity Report from UGC/AICTE/ or others about MBA Degree of candidates - CIC: It qualifies as third-party information exempt from disclosure u/s 8(1)(j); No larger public interest invoked...more>> 		September 4, 2023
Compliance of CIC order and information about family pension - CIC: No reasonable grounds mentioned for delay in filing Appeal; Law assists only those who are vigilant - CIC: On humanitarian grounds, meet with the Appellant to redress the grievance...more>>

Articles

Excluding Political Parties from the RTI Act may violate Article 14 of the Constitution
October 4, 2013 A compilation of the judgements declaring non-Government organisations as public authorities   more>>
Can the political parties be termed as private bodies?
October 2, 2013 Amendment in the Right to Information Act, 2005   more>>
The spread, implementation and monitoring of RTI Act has some weaknesses
October 2, 2013 There are many PIOs who do not know which information is to be provided   more>>

Comments

Can the PIO send the information requested under RTI by Ordinary Post?
December 1, 2023 It is advisable to send the information by Speed Post or Registered Post   more>>
It is not uncommon for a public authority to receive a pseudonymous RTI application
October 22, 2023 If RTI application is on a common issue, consider posting such information on the website   more>>
The Central Information Commission at Delhi is without its Chief
October 6, 2023 Tenure of Shri Y. K. Sinha. Chief Information Commissioner comes to an end on October 3, 2023   more>>