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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

November 13, 2012
PIO should provide the documents instead of his comments on the issue...more>> 		November 12, 2012
Can copies of vouchers be provided under RTI?...more>>
November 12, 2012
Reasons for assigning a job carrying a lesser grade pay was sought under RTI...more>> 		November 12, 2012
Can a letter be issued from a file without a file noting?...more>>
November 11, 2012
Is the PIO expected to identify the material record for applicant under RTI?...more>> 		November 10, 2012
Information regarding contribution of citizens in Planning Process under RTI...more>>

Articles

Additional arguments for recognising the leader of opposition in the country
May 29, 2014 Para 1(b) of the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution defines a “legislature party”   more>>
Is the RTI Act affecting the performance of Banks adversely?
May 15, 2014 The NPAs of the banks show a very high figure   more>>
Analysis of the Supreme Court judgment regarding initiation of probe againt senior bureaucrats
May 8, 2014 The Apex Court has struck down the single directive of seeking prior approval   more>>

Comments

Your site has been very quick in putting up the High Court case
February 6, 2012 Your site has been very quick in putting up the High Court case -- Vineet Ohri   more>>
I am an RTI Activist in my own cases
February 6, 2012 I am an RTI Activist in my own cases -- SRIDHAR   more>>
There is a regular update on the site
January 6, 2012 There is a regular update on the site which is heartening. Your site is perhaps the only RTI site to be updated daily in India. Please maintain the momentum --- Ved Praksh Marwah   more>>