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PIO informed the Appellant that the information sought is not available in their office and transferred the application to Bangalore Development Authority u/s 6(3) - Appellant did not approach the transferee Public Authority - CIC: No intervention needed     Right to Information Act 2005    Transfer of pension to wrong account - Neither the RTI application nor the first appeal was responded by the respondent, on account of non-receipt - Respondent furnished a reply which the appellant claimed to have not received - CIC: Provide revised reply     Right to Information Act 2005    Information regarding home loan in which appellant’s mother, i.e., late Smt. V Jain was a guarantor - CIC: Information was related to third party property loan (Mr. Pradeep Jain and Smt. V Jain), and both are alive; No public activity or interest involved     Right to Information Act 2005    Total number of accounts opened by PNB under different welfare schemes - Delay of almost two years - CIC: PIO is cautioned and advised to strengthen its RTI portal to enable effective and timely disposal of RTI applications and first appeals in future     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: The issue raised by the Appellant remains unanswered due to non-availability of any material information in the records; Advisory u/s 25(5) issued to the Office of Insurance Ombudsman to look into such cases in larger public interest     Right to Information Act 2005    Information on Concession Period of toll plaza - CIC: FAA has provided information regarding concession period for only 14 of the 28 toll plazas under the jurisdiction of NHAI Chennai; Provide information regarding the remaining 14 toll plazas     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

September 26, 2012
Information about words used in the reply to the first RTI application...more>> 		September 25, 2012
Are the contents of Tax Evasion Petition disclosable under RTI after the investigation is over?...more>>
September 25, 2012
Delay in RTI appeal attributed to one officer posted against four vacancies...more>> 		September 25, 2012
Inspection of original challan filed by police/ traffic police under RTI...more>>
September 24, 2012
Disclosure of education details of employees under RTI can harm the commercial interest ...more>> 		September 24, 2012
Is the answer sheet to be sought within existing regulations of the University?...more>>

Articles

Entries in Birth and Death Register are public documents and cannot be termed a 'Third Party Information'
October 31, 2021 High Court directs to provide copies of Death Certificate under RTI Act   more>>
Karnataka HC: Provide copy of report with enclosures when the investigation in the matter had been concluded
October 20, 2021 Option of getting it from Magistrate cannot be a ground to deny the information under RTI   more>>
Papers containing details of the operations launched by Indian Defence Forces in J&K in 1947
October 11, 2021 Disclosure of archival information kept confidential for more than half a century in Public interest   more>>

Comments

Every nation and grouping of persons has its own version of reality
May 29, 2013 The deluge of information is just junk and mental clutter   more>>
British were not accustomed to Indian hot temperature
May 25, 2013 No other department has holidays though they are doing intellectual work   more>>
Will RTI order provide solution to the water problem?
May 23, 2013 About 15-20% residents have installed water motor in supply line   more>>