A one stop destination for all Right to Information (RTI) matters
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one stop destination for all Right to Information (RTI) matters


Information in r/o wife such as name of dependents and their income, medical re-imbursement details and her present residential address as per office record were denied under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act - CIC upheld the denial of information     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Denial of information citing Section 8(1)(j) is legally untenable since the Appellant is seeking his own information; CIC took grave exception to the absence of the CPIO during the hearing despite being served the hearing notice and admonished him     Right to Information Act 2005    PIO - Appellant has expressed his grievance and has indirectly challenged the decision of DPC whic was carried out in an unbiased manner; appellant had merely raised his allegations beyond the ambit of Section 2 (f) of the RTI Act - CIC: Reply upheld     Right to Information Act 2005    PIO (Kerala High Court): The administrative file which transpires the processing of the letter containing the opinion of the Registry is held in a fiduciary capacity; Information is in the exclusive domain of the adjudicating authority - CIC: Reply upheld     Right to Information Act 2005    List of mercy petition received by the President secretariat between 20.07.2002 and 25.07.2007 - PIO: Petitions disposed are available on website at rashtrapatisachivalaya gov.in - PIO: RTI application transferred to MHA - CIC: No intervention required     Right to Information Act 2005    Certified copy of the Note Sheet and Minutes of the Meeting, wherein the decision to rescind the Ministry of Defence Notification number S.R.O. 3 (E) dated the 17.02.2023 was taken and other related information was denied u/s 8(1)(a) - CIC: Denial upheld     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    Transparency is a pathway to better Elections and stronger Democracy     Right to Information Act 2005    RTI portal – Supreme Court issues contempt notice to the States and UTs     Right to Information Act 2005    Reasons for seeking certified copies is not inconsistent with the provisions of RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005   
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The Information Commission can be reached at the hyperlinks or the links provided against each of the names given below:-
Central Information Commission
Andhra Pradesh   https://www.ap.gov.in
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar                   http://www.bihar.com/RTIComplain.aspx
Chhattisgarh
Goa                    https://egov.goa.nic.in/rtipublic/main.aspx
Gujarat               http://gic.gujarat.gov.in/default.aspx
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh   https://hp.gov.in/sic/
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka               http://www.kic.gov.in/welcome.do
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh    http://sic.mp.gov.in/index.do
Maharashtra           http://sic.maharashtra.gov.in      
Meghalaya
Mizoram                  https://nic.mizoram.gov.in
Nagaland                http://nlsic.nagaland.gov.in/cc.htm
Orissa
Pondicherry            Information Commission abolished
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana                https://www.tsic.gov.in
Tripura                      http://tripurarti.nic.in
Uttar Pradesh           http://upic.gov.in 
Uttarakhand             http://uic.gov.in
West Bengal            http://wbic.gov.in/home.do