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- JOB due to info under RTI
- Service record to be disclosed after severance under Sec 10
- CIC Says: Expenditure incurred by the CAG and his office on various heads of activity should be publicly available is not unreasonable.
- Information regarding whether a particular assessee has filed income tax returns for certain years has to be disclosed.
- Private insurance company using RTI to save claim
- ALLAHABAD H C: UPSIC is handicapped due to delay in appointment in State Information Commissioners
- Corporation Bank is directed to put sign boards/signage in its Branches/Offices
- Feedback should be provided to the person filing a tax evasion complaint
- CBDT does not implement 3 year old decision of the CIC
- Translator allowed to accompany applicant for inspection
- CIC orders recovery of travel costs from PIO
- CIC recommends disciplinary action against mischievous and unbecoming PIO
- Blank IPO makes RTI application invalid
- No additional fees for seeking third party consent
- Uttar Pradesh: Applicant should avail the remedies available under RTI-05.
- Uttar Pradesh: No relaxation to PIO Alld. H.C.
- Uttar Pradesh: RTI saved the job opportunity
- Service book of judicial officers be disclosed proactively
- PIO cannot give reasons for a judgment
- New File Added: NCDRC Decision of 25 Feb 2013
- New File Added: Time limits under RTI Act 2005
- New File Added: User Manual for the 15-Day Online Course on RTI
- New File Added: RTI Act in Urdu
- New File Added: RTI Act in Telugu
- New File Added: RTI Act in Tamil
- New File Added: RTI Act in Oriya
- New File Added: RTI Act in Marathi
- New File Added: RTI Act in Malayalam
- New File Added: RTI Act in Kannada
- New File Added: RTI Act in Gujarati
- New File Added: RTI Act in Bengali
- New File Added: RTI Act in Hindi
- New File Added: RTI Act Gazette version English
- New File Added: Guidelines for seeking information under RTI
- CIC issues direction to A&N Administration for Sec 4 implementation
- FIR is not a confidential document
- Employee has right to know reasons for his suspension
- Firm also not elligible to file a RTI application
- Company Secretary not elligible to file RTI
- CIC directs MEA to put up lists of gifts on website
- CIC asks Passport offices to declare reasons for delay on website
- New File Added: Madras High Court order denying info on complaints
- New File Added: SC: ACRs of others only after 3rd party and larger
- New File Added: Allahabad HC judgment on appointment of ICs in UPS
- A Important Judgement of Hon’ble Punjab & Haryana High Court on Education Issue
- How to try to "balance" an order !
- PSIC imposed a penalty of Rs. 25,000/- upon Sh. B.K. Garg, IPS, IGP / SCRB, Chandigarh & awarded compensation of Rs. 15,000 to applicant
- CIC gives up on Allahabad High Court RTI Rules !
- CIC orders compensation of Rs 1500 per month to 8 holders of AAY Ration cards
- Some details of nature of complaints against an officer can be provided even when investigation is on
- Property details of retired IAS officer can be disclosed
- Some details of results of TEP's to be disclosed
- Applicant to pay multiple RTI fees for transferring to divisional office PIOs
- Call details of phone paid by govt. cannot be disclosed if private calls made from that number
- Form 16 details of public servants cannot be disclosed under RTI
- Unavailability of Records under right to information Act
- New File Added: Appellate Authority under RTI Act can issue
- DAVP directed to upload details and expenses of advertisements released on its website
- CIC refuses to take a stand on "Parliamentary Privilege"
- PIO not expected to transfer RTI to several PIOs in branches or subordinate offices
- Minutes of Board meetings to be uploaded on website
- Fees prescribed for information prevail over RTI fees
- Details available on PAN card can be obtained through RTI
- Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana is a “public authority” within the ambit of Section 2 (h) of the RTI Act.
- New File Added: Disclosure of memos, show cause notices, orders of
- New File Added: Provident Fund Refund Sample RTI Form
- AP Pharmacy Council is a PA under RTI....
- New File Added: No penalty since cause was reasonable but not prop
- New File Added: Igonorance of RTI Act no excuse for PIO
- New File Added: Soc. member cant challenge society being decl
- New File Added: Employee can access another employees ACR
- New File Added: Penalty only after PIO is heard
- New File Added: SIC to reconsider imposing penalty due to delay
- New File Added: Denial only under Sec 8 or 9 of the RTI Act
- New File Added: SIC Enquiry only under Sec 18
- New File Added: Penalty on next for non disposal of pending RTI
- New File Added: Penalty correct since delay due PIO asking for ID
- New File Added: Sec 18 and 19 run concurrently
- New File Added: Penalty correctly imposed since PIO informed fees
- New File Added: SIC to hear appellant
- New File Added: Scope of Proviso under Sec 8(1)(j)
- New File Added: Registrar of Coop Soc in AP can access info from C
- New File Added: FIR for missing file and reconstruction also
- New File Added: IC can order info after reconstitution of records
- New File Added: Compensation if no info due to missing docs
- New File Added: Ignoring show cause notice manyle times means pe
- New File Added: Inspection of minutes of Bank board meetings allow
- New File Added: Penalty correctly imposed for no info on Sec 4
- New File Added: Police case diary cannot be inspected during trial
- New File Added: SIC can only reco Disc. action but not specific ac
- New File Added: Applicant filing multiple RTIs can't be blackliste
- New File Added: Info on contractors using MPLAD funds
- New File Added: Info re action taken to be provided under RTI
- New File Added: Penalty can be imposed if PIO does not appear
- New File Added: BIAL (Bangalore Airport) is a PA under RTI
- New File Added: Property declaration details cannot be denied unde
- New File Added: Karnataka SCIC can only constitute larger bench
- New File Added: Penalty correct but 20(2) withdrawn due to apology
- New File Added: SIC cannot file SLA since not affected party
- New File Added: Court Judicial documents only under HC rules
- Exporter wise shipping bills not disclosable under RTI
- New File Added: SIC can summon records to determine PA or not
- New File Added: Obligatory for the FAA to transfer under Sec 6(3)
- New File Added: Trust running aided educational institute is a PA
- New File Added: Agreement between private party and PA disclosable
- New File Added: IC to give clear reasons while imposing penalty
- New File Added: Legal exp. by Bank cannot be denied under 8(1)(d)
- New File Added: Info on suspension not deniable under Sec 8(1)(j)
- New File Added: DEO can access information from private school
- New File Added: Reasons cannot be given under RTI unless on record
- New File Added: DGCA cannot access all information from private ai
- New File Added: PIO cannot file writ on behalf of PA
- New File Added: "Person" in Sec 8(1)(e) does not include PA
- New File Added: If additional fee is large inspection can be reque
- New File Added: Pnalty justified if CIC orders are not complied wi
- New File Added: SIC cannot withdraw Shaow Cause if order not compl
- New File Added: Unreasoned order of CIc remanded back by HC
- New File Added: Info Commissions to dispose appeals expediently
- New File Added: CIC went beyond jurisdiction in awarding HRA
- New File Added: Property details of public servants disclosable
- Punjab SIC does THREE somesaults while imposing penalty
- New File Added: Meaning of "allegations of corruption" in Sec 24
- New File Added: Info about votes cast to be disclosed under RTI
- New File Added: Penalty only after show cause and hearing
- New File Added: Cooperative Societies in Punjab are PAs under RTI
- New File Added: Vague excuses cannot be given to delay information
- New File Added: Harayana Wakf Board is a PA under RTI
- New File Added: Copy of Complaint to be given under RTI
- New File Added: SIC cannot declare a PA without merits
- New File Added: Reason of seeking info is irellevant
- File demanded under RTI could not be traced, dealing clerks have been suspended by Deputy Commissioner
- New File Added: Info on debt assignments and values to be disclose
- New File Added: Agreements of private parties with Govt disclosabl
- New File Added: Correct order of SIC set aside since third party n
- Wife can get info about Husbands passport
- New File Added: Haryana SIC also castigated by P&H HC
- New File Added: Punjab & Haryana HC castigates Punjab SIC
- New File Added: Question paper and answer key to be on website
- Madras HC RTI Rules allow disclosure of judicial records
- New File Added: Sec 24 organisation to provide info on recruitment
- New File Added: Sec 24 organisation to supply information
- New File Added: Multiple applicants in one RTI application allowed
- CIC says: office of Attorney General is sui generis & he is not a public authority u/s 2 (h) of the RTI Act.
- Case of life and liberty
- New File Added: information related to booking and supply LPG
- New File Added: Penalty for delay in providing information
- information related to booking and supply of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders should be provided under RTI Act
- New File Added: P & H H.C. order on attaching ID proof with RTI
- Sikh Missionary College, Field Ganj, Ludhiana is a public authority.
- CIC Says: In case CPIO is unable to attend the hearing before the Commission, he must nominate a representative of equal rank to represent the public
- Supply of Information of Other Public Authortiy
- Karnataka State Cricket Association is a PA under RTI
- Rti application should not be interpreted narrowly
- PSIC Says: Chandigarh University is an authority within the meaning of word in Section 2(h) of the RTI Act.
- Name of payee of ipo and reasonable assistance by pio
- Bangalore Golf Club a public authority under RTI
- UPSC obtains a stay order from SC on disclosure of answer sheets
- APSIC rules that CM office is a distinct PA for purposes of Sec 4(1)(b)
- Subordinate Courts in a state under SIC and not the CIC
- CIC asks DoPT to frame guidelines regarding period for additional fees
- New File Added: Court should be approached with bonafide purposes
- New File Added: Delhi Sikh Gurdawara Committee under RTI
- New File Added: PIO should have raised objections earlier
- New File Added: Sec 8(1)(d) and (e) are not ultra vires
- New File Added: File notings cannot be denied under 8(1)(e)
- Tagore Nagar ‘A’ Welfare Society Civil Lines, Ludhiana is a public authority within the meaning of Section 2(h) of the RTI Act.
- Applicant can access information on computer system
- CIC Says : Statutory rules prescribed by any Public Authority do not get overridden by the provisions of the RTI Act
- New File Added: Disclosure of ACRs to others denied under 8(1)(j)
- New File Added: Info on disciplinary proceedings can be denied 8(j
- Rayat Technology Centre of Excellence, Village Rail Majra; Rayat & Bahra Bio Technology Centre of Excellence, Mohali Campus and Rayat and Bahra Educat
- Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering and Technology, Rajpura-Banur Highway,Distt.Patiala is a public authority within the meaning of Section 2(h)
- PSIC: This Commission lacks jurisdiction to review its own orders, passed on merits afterhearing the parties
- Third Party information - Not treated as confidential at the time of supply by third party.
- New File Added: Penalty to be imposed only after hearing
- If some complaints have been filed against the functioning of a public sector bank, the citizen surely has a right to know about the outcome of the co
- Conduct rules of the Central Government employees or the instructions issued by the DoPT did not automatically apply to the employees of the Lok Sabha
- CIC Says: effort must be to compile the information centrally after sourcing it from individual divisions and then to provide information to the infor
- Records relating to rti application should not be destroyed till decision of second appeal
- New File Added: ACRs , IT Returns, Property only in larger public
- If the matter is pending only for determining the penalty or punishment to be imposed, info related to investigation can be disclosed.
- CIC accepts "File not traceable" as reason for denying info.
- Names of reporting and reviewing officers of ACR to be disclosed
- Several opportunities to PIO and deduct penalty from pension
- Public has right to know who received any form of subsidy
- Rajya Sabha asked to upload expenses on MPs in two months
- All types of information cannot be denied under Sec 8(1)(h)
- Information regarding details ofownership of plot, tenants occupying the premises and house tax bills are not covered under section 8 (1)(e)&(j) of th
- CIC Says: There is no centralised arrangement in a big ministry like the MHA to monitor the response to multiple queries contained in any single RTI a
- no single record containing the reason for any mercy petition pending for a period longer than what is reasonable
- It is the duty of the Appellate Authority to hear an appeal filed before him and pass an appropriate order
- CIC Says : No information can be denied merely on the ground that the matter is subjudice.
- Appellant had sought the details of the media persons accompanying the President of India in his/her visits abroad since 1947 till 2011
- CISF must disclose info about human rights violations
- New File Added: SC Judgement on appointment of ICs
- Information about the returns filed by Public Servant regarding moveable and immoveable properties are in public domain.
- PSIC enhanced compensation amount from Rs.6000/- to Rs.8000/- as the same was not paid to the applicant in time
- PSIC imposed Penalty of Rs.5,000/- on Sh. Jawahar Lal, PIO-cum-Executive Officer, Ropar Improvement Trust, Ropar.
- Penalty of Rs.5,000/- imposed upon PIO - Sh. Atul Sharma, Senior Vigilance Officer, Local Government, Punjab, Juneja Building, Sector-17, Chandigarh
- New File Added: Mangalore SEZ is a PA under RTI
- New File Added: SIC to impose penalty only at Rs 250 per day
- Hindustan Times Media Limited, is not a “Public Authority”
- Cochin Stock Exchange, is not a “Public Authority” : CIC
- New File Added: Not reasonable to impose costs on PIO
- Social Audit of Decisions of CIC
- PSIC Says : There is no provision to withheld information on the plea that the record is older than 20 years.
- Voluminous and third party related info can be denied. Provisions of sec. 8 or 9 are not mandatory for doing so
- Candidates who have not passed exam can inspect their answersheets even if any dispute is going on related to recruitment
- CIC directs IRDA to upload all details of insurance products as approved by them
- New File Added: Info on TEP outcome only if TEP investigated
- New File Added: Info related to application for TV channel can be
- New File Added: All rules regulations manuals records on website
- New File Added: Info on disciplinary and penalty proceedings discl
- CPIO CBI needs to provide info for the applications filed before their inclusion in 2nd schedule.
- New File Added: Air India to disclose complimentary ticket details
- Department of Forests and Wild Life, Government NCT of Delhi was ordered to PAY compensation obstructing the disclosure of information to the Appellan
- PAYMENT process of commission to LIC agents be made transperent.
- PIO OF MCD was fined by CIC for delaying info and non complying with the orders of FAA
- CIC granted compensation to applicant considering facts of the case.
- Information related to gifts by PA is disclosable particularly since the expenditure on these gifts has been met from public funds.
- SCALING formula (if exists) of UPSC has to be disclosed
- Whenever any information is to be denied, it must be denied under the relevant exemption provision of RTI
- Decision taken by the High Court in disposing of the complaint cannot be withheld and will have to be disclosed unless otherwise exempted under
- Complete inquiry report cannot be denied by claiming that the entire report is held in a fiduciary capacity.
- Delaying and avoiding giving information, costs double penalty
- copy of Investigation report along with the Annexures to the Appellant after duly severing the names of the employees under section 10
- Police officer must provide for information of seized vehicles in various police stations- Good Decision by Raj SIC
- Municipality must know about its Land and Encroachment under its jurisdiction- Good Decision by RIC
- APSIC stops accepting Complaints for Sec 4 disclosure !
- Words of advise from IC shri sharma
- Important orders of PSIC regarding the APARs
- outcome of the investigation made in respect of TEP can be obtained under RTI
- Investigation report of LIC cannot be denied to POLICY holder
- New File Added: Kerala High Court reduced penaly in case of APIO
- Proper framing of application can bring results
- IF you have signature of the officer, you can get his details (name, designation etc) through RTI
- When the Government asks a private party to conduct any functions it certainly has to be able to access all information regarding the activity
- APIO is not empowered to supply the information straightway to the information seeker without bringing the matter into knowledge of Respondent PIO con
- New File Added: Delhi High Court directed UPSC to disclose raw mar
- Responsibilities of PIO or FAA transferred or retired can be overlooked even on records
- When any public authority denies a fundamental right of a citizen the minimum requirement is that the relevant provision of Section 8(1) should be gi
- New File Added: No disclosure under RTI at pre-detention stage: SC
- New File Added: Correspondence between prsident and PM not to be d
- HOW to save PIO from penalty.
- Section 8(1)(h) of the RTI Act cannot be applied if PIO fails to provide justifications.
- Commission have the powers to review its own order and withdraw or recall the order imposing penalty : PSIC
- Commission ordered to reconstruct the records and also ordered for inquiry against*the*official(s)*responsible*for*loss*of*file
- Instead of supplying info as per CIC's order, department chosen to file writ in HC for stay and obtained the same.
- Transfer under 6 (3) can be done at 2nd appeal stage
- Applicant waited for nearly two years for decision of CIC and IC sent the case back to PIO for decision.