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RTI application filed with PACL Nodal Officer and Secretary, Judge (Retd) R.M. Lotha Committee - CIC: Appellant has filed the First Appeal before the FAA, SEBI without even filing any RTI Application with SEBI; Appeal is not maintainable     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Outstretching the interpretation of Section 2(f) to include deductions & inferences to be drawn by the PIO is unwarranted; It casts immense pressure on PIOs to ensure that they provide the correct deduction to avoid being subject to penal provisions     Right to Information Act 2005    Alleged wrong degree certificate by BIT Mesra University - CIC strongly advises the PIO to follow up on the correspondence and facilitate proper redressal of the grievance as it seemingly affects the welfare of similarly placed community of students     Right to Information Act 2005    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    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

November 28, 2013
Delay in providing information claimed to have occurred due to heavy workload and oversight - on the same subject, information was provided to the applicant in eight previous RTI applications - CIC: Total penalty of Rs. 25,000/- imposed on three officers...more>> 		November 27, 2013
Evaluated answer sheets were denied - PIO pleaded that the SC decision in this regard was not known to her - CIC: lack of knowledge of the law cannot be cited as plea for denying information; penalty of Rs. 25,000/- imposed on PIO...more>>
November 27, 2013
Action taken by NHRC on a request to review its decision - Appellant: her husband died in police custody and a S.I. was censured - CIC: inform about the action taken by NHRC on the letter dated 29.02.2011 of the Additional SP Police, Gorakhpur ...more>> 		November 27, 2013
Reason why the appellant’s bank had been frozen - PIO: local police had requested for freezing of the account - a party in Lebanon had complained of tampering with documents implicating $ 20,000 in exports - CIC: no intervention required; appeal rejected...more>>
November 26, 2013
Information about a certain parking area like drawing of a DDA plan in a shopping centre - PIO: it was planned 20 years ago and the layout plan was not traceable - CIC: provide updated position on RTI application on the basis of the available information...more>> 		November 26, 2013
Provisions regulating the practice of the relatives, sons and friends of Hon’ble Supreme Court Judges, record of Letter petitions of the PIL section and other related information - CIC: provide air travel expenses of the Judges of SC for 2007-12 ...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>>

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