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Information about change in options provided in the answer key for the post of AHO Gr B under the Medical Dept of East Coast Railway Bhubaneswar - CIC: Provide documentary proof that option A is the correct answer for Question No. 97     Right to Information Act 2005    Appellant alleged false implication & victimization for wrongful and discriminatory dismissal from service - PIO: Manual of Departmental Security Instructions, 1994, is a Confidential document and is exempt from disclosure u/s 8(1)(a) - CIC: Denial upheld     Right to Information Act 2005    Opportunity of inspection of records was granted which the appellant did not avail - Respondent: Appellant’s dismissal case is in progress; He files RTI applications to know about the progress of his case - CIC: Grant another opportunity of inspection     Right to Information Act 2005    Information specifying the dates on which the Presiding Officer was in attendance for hearings at the Central Government Industrial Tribunal - CIC took an adverse view of the delay and cautioned the public authority to adhere to the timeline under RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Appellant is agitating a matter in which he has already been given a relief despite having indulged in bigamy - CIC referred the matter to DRM, North Western Railway to take note of the aberration of lenient view taken in a serious matter like Bigamy     Right to Information Act 2005    Answer sheets of CBSE Board exam - CIC: PIO is neither aware nor mentioned the dispatched date of their reply; Did not upload it along with his written submission which shows lackadaisical approach; Explanation called for along with the comments of FAA     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    Does non-maintenance of records defeat the rights accrued in favour of the RTI appellant?     Right to Information Act 2005    Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 release by MeitY for public consultation     Right to Information Act 2005    Delhi High Court directs Jamia Millia Islamia University to disclose PhD Thesis under the RTI Act     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

August 21, 2024
CIC: Reply appropriately provides the permissible information to the Appellant as per the provisions of the RTI Act and his claim that his marks have not been provided cannot be acceded to as it amounts to asking for a new set of information at this stage...more>> 		August 19, 2024
CIC finds no infirmity in the initial reply of the PIO; Appellant in her RTI application and first appeal has nowhere mentioned that the information is related to her husband who has no objection; Re-examine the RTI application and give information...more>>
August 16, 2024
Information about vigilance clearance of CGST superintendent - CIC: Blanket denial by PIO without any justification is not appropriate; Personal detail & identifying particulars of third party be blackened u/s 10; PIO cautioned for abstaining from hearing...more>> 		August 14, 2024
CIPET Administrative Manual and copy of the Minutes of the Governing Council were sought claiming such information should be in the public domain u/s 4(1)(b)(v) - CIC: Provide the information after redacting third party and confidential information u/s 10...more>>
August 12, 2024
CIC issued a Show-cause notice to PIO as to why action u/s 20(1) of the RTI Act should not be initiated against him for not responding to the RTI application within stipulated time & for remaining absent during the hearing, along with the comments of FAA...more>> 		August 9, 2024
PIO: Letter contains the brief of the proposed disciplinary action, details of which were already revealed in the Chargesheet served to the appellant - CIC: PIO was unable to tender any justification for invoking section 8(1)(h); Provide the information...more>>

Articles

Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) focuses primarily on protecting workers in the workplace
October 1, 2022 Global Symposium on Occupational Safety and Health: Challenges and Solutions   more>>
Providing copy of “Inter-Caste Marriage” certificates tantamounts to providing third party information
July 27, 2022 Madras HC: Details of the spouse of the candidate registered in employment exchange are exempt   more>>
Is a reply to a RTI application admissible in a court of law as evidence?
June 7, 2022 An attested signed copy has been accepted by many courts as a piece of evidence   more>>

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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>>
Contents of the web is very useful
January 5, 2012 Contents of the web is very useful, up to date and informative. Thanks --- K Ramakrishnan   more>>
Thanks for putting such information
December 19, 2011 I have been working as a PIO for the last three months and was looking forward to a place where I could get information and clarifications about the common issues faced by me. Thanks for putting --- Shalini Sharma   more>>