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Matter of cruelty to cattle at BHEL - CIC: No reply has been provided till date which is a violation of the timeframe stipulated under RTI Act - Smt Prachi Jain, CPIO & Assistant Secretary to show cause explaining why penal action should not be initiated     Right to Information Act 2005    Information relating to India Non-Judicial stamp paper - CIC: The RTI Application and First Appeal are filed by separate individuals; Since the channel of First Appeal has not been properly exhausted by the Appellant, the second appeal is not maintainable     Right to Information Act 2005    Legal basis for constituting a selection committee for shortlisting applicant for CIC; Records evidencing that the Cabinet Secretary exercised his mind to find that Ms. Amita Pandove possessed all the qualifications - CIC: Appropriate response provided     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Testing procedure followed for testing of certain parameters of a Polymer (Flocculant) procured by Security Paper Mill through public tender is a matter of public interest; Not a core activity and does not affect security interests in any manner     Right to Information Act 2005    Certified copy of entire pages of correspondence & noting side of the file by which a particular order was issued - Respondent: Information regarding transfer of other employees has no relationship to any public activity or interest - CIC: Denial upheld     Right to Information Act 2005    Denial of specific part of regulation from which the clause "promotion to a higher grade cannot be made without having the corresponding position available in the higher grade and no promotion can be made effective from a retrospective date” upheld by CIC     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

January 20, 2014
Directions for compiling and posting data on website - PIO: work started but difficultly faced due to shortage of manpower & capacity - CIC: u/s 19(a)(iii) and (iv), public authority asked to set up a special cell for documenting & uploading all the data ...more>> 		January 20, 2014
Are the ex-PM and ex-CM given the status of VIP/VVIP? - PIO: there is no formal definition of VIP /VVIP & the terms have come into usage out of convenience - CIC: provide any available information regarding the basis for referring to a citizen as VIP/VVIP...more>>
January 19, 2014
Part information about the casualties during the 1947 Partition was provided - Appellant: MHA have told him to write to separate divisions - CIC: procure the information as available from the relevant divisions and provide it to the appellant...more>> 		January 19, 2014
Correspondence between State Govt. of Maharashtra and Central Government in context of a bomb blast in Mumbai was denied u/s 8(1)(a)&(h) - PIO: investigation is ongoing and security implications involved as it is a sensitive matter - CIC: appeal rejected...more>>
January 18, 2014
The action taken, status report and when the charge sheet will be filed before the Court in relation to certain FIR was sought - PIO: charge sheet would be filed after the completion of investigation - CIC: provide the status report of the case...more>> 		January 18, 2014
PIO: the 2011 census figures have not been released and religion wise data of the nation is not available in provisional census figures - CIC: intimate when the census figures would be released and what elements would be covered in it ...more>>

Articles

Are the state-funded ‘public trust institutions’ obligated to provide ‘information’ under the RTI Act?
March 17, 2024 No obligation to supply the information if the Public Trust is not a Public Authority u/s 2(h) says Bombay HC   more>>
Takeaways from the Supreme Court verdict on the Electoral Bond Scheme
February 25, 2024 The Supreme Court judgment would set new paradigms for the funding of the political parties   more>>
We will know, we will live - RTI
December 31, 2023 A broad look at the RTI Act, 2005 since its inception including the different issues plaguing it   more>>

Comments

My brother committed suicide under mysterious circumstances in 2012
May 2, 2024 I filed RTI application with Chandigarh Police which refused to give information under RTI   more>>
My wife has filed a police complaint against me and my family
April 3, 2024 Under which section and clause we can fight with police to get the copy of complaint?   more>>
Can RTI information be given on the email id provided by the applicant?
March 26, 2024 Is there any fee prescribed for providing information through email?   more>>