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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   
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Case Laws

January 30, 2013
Prosecuting agency to decide whether information can be disclosed during pendency of a case...more>>
January 29, 2013
Are Annual Property Returns of government employees personal?...more>>



January 29, 2013
CBI to revisit website to see if section 4 was implemented before exclusion from RTI Act...more>>
January 29, 2013
Communication between Ministry of Communication & IB after Mumbai bomb blast...more>>



January 28, 2013
Applicant should produce up to date BPL certificate to get the information free of cost...more>>
January 28, 2013
Can interest subvention disbursed to a particular account holder be disclosed under RTI?...more>>



Articles

Do the terms VIP and VVIP need to be defined?
June 11, 2012
The terms VIP and VVIP are used widely with no clear definition   more>>
Background of Chief Information Commissioners and Information Commissioners in India
May 16, 2012
Majority of the post bearers of the Information Commission are retired IAS officers   more>>
Current Composition of and Vacancies in the Information Commissions
May 14, 2012
The Information Commissioners are the most important entity in the implementation of RTI Act   more>>

Comments

Burden of proving that an NGO is substantially financed has been placed on the RTI applicant
October 9, 2013
Literal interpretation will create more litigation from NGOs held as public authority   more>>
Till the date I have not been received the Aadhar Card
October 6, 2013
My Aadhar card has been despatched on 30/07/2013 as per the SMS   more>>
Who provides a sense of pride to the countrymen deserves to be awarded a Bharat ratna
October 6, 2013
Who is a 'ratna'? A stone that shines   more>>