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CIC | Is there an obligation under RTI Act for public authority concerned to transfer RTI application in case of subject-matter not being under its ambit? Commission throws light

Central Information Commission (CIC): Amit Pandove (Information Commissioner) while addressing the present appeal observed the essence of Section 6(3) of the Right to

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CIC | Are the offices of President, Vice President, PM, Governors, LGs and CMs legally obliged under RTI Act to entertain RTI applications? Commission unfolds position

Central Information Commission (CIC): Y.K. Sinha (Information Commissioner), reiterated the Commission’s position that, offices of President, Vice President, Prime Minister, Governors, Lt. Governors

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[RTI v. Right to Privacy] CIC | Under what circumstances exemption of S. 8(1)(j) of RTI Act be claimed? Commission explains the provision in respect to invasion of privacy

Central Information Commission (CIC): Amita Pandove (Information Commissioner) while addressing the present second appeal observed that the exemption of Section 8(1)(j) of

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | Does disclosure of information with no larger public interest amounts to invasion of privacy under S. 8(1)(j) of RTI Act? HC elucidates

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula, JJ., held that the attendance record is a part of service

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CIC | RTI application seeking information regarding PM Narendra Modi’s tea stall disposed of; Western Railway to file an affidavit stating no records available

Central Information Commission (CIC): Amita Pandove (Information Commissioner) disposed of the second appeal filed seeking information regarding the tea stall that was issued

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CIC | Information about names and particulars of students is personal information held by school in a fiduciary capacity disclosure of which invades children’s privacy

Central Information Commission (CIC): Y.K. Sinha (Information Commissioner) addressed an RTI application filed seeking the following information: Names of students of Class 8th

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CIC | Department of Justice to examine RTI applications and provide a clear, cogent and precise response

Central Information Commission (CIC): Bimal Julka, Chief Information Commissioner, instructed Ministry of Law and Justice.to examine the RTI Application to provide a

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CIC | Information sought in the form of query held did not qualify as ‘information’ under RTI Act

Central Information Commission (CIC): Information Commissioner, Suresh Chandra, partly allowed a second appeal filed before him in an issue related to non-receipt

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CIC | Electronic Voting Machine is “information” in respect of S. 2(f) of RTI Act, 2005

Central Information Commission (CIC): The Bench of Sudhir Bhargava, CIC, while dealing with an issue in respect of Electronic Voting Machine stated

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CIC | Non-compliance of specific directions of the Commission is deliberate obstruction to the flow of information under RTI Act

Central Information Commission (CIC): Sudhir Bhargava, Chief Information Commissioner, directed the Registry of the Bench to issue a Show Cause Notice to

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Seeking information of organization under RTI Act cannot put question mark on  integrity of employee

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Rajiv Sharma and Harinder Singh Sidhu, JJ., allowed a petition made against

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Disclosing information regarding printing of notes after demonetisation not exempted under RTI Act, RBI directed to disclose the same

Central Information Commission (CIC): The present matter was taken up by Sudhir Bhargava (Information Commissioner), under the Right to Information Act, 2005.

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CIC denied the disclosure of sensitive information of operation ‘Blue Star’ to protect the integrity of the state

Central Information Commission: In response to appeal filed seeking information on all the files related to operation “Blue Star”, CIC disposed of

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CIC accepts PMO’s inability in providing information due to lack of resources

Central Information Commission (CIC): The Commission recently dealt with an appeal seeking information regarding ‘Mann ki Baat’ program which was further disposed

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Mere existence of disciplinary proceeding no reason for denying information

Central Information Commission: The appellant had requested the following information regarding the disciplinary case against him, from the CPIO, Dept. Of Posts: 1.

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‘Opinion’ or ‘advice’ in Section 2(f) of RTI Act refers to such information as is available in public records

Central Information Commission: An appeal from the response of CPIO, Ministry of Human Resource and Development, was dismissed by Bimal Julka, Information

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Personal information to be removed while giving out names of persons in reply to an application under S. 8(1)(j) of RTI Act

Central Information Commission: The Commission recently addressed a second appeal on the grounds that the appellant had not been provided the desired

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No scope for intervention by CIC if replies to certain parts of application by CPIO are missing but instead addressed by FAA

Central Information Commission: The Commission recently dealt with an appeal wherein the appellant contended that the information he seeked through 6 points

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Delhi Government must consider forming a uniform policy of providing compensation to families of government employees

Central Information Commission (CIC): CIC has directed Chief Minister Office, Delhi to provide all relevant documents before the Chief Minister to facilitate him

Banking and Negotiable InstrumentsCase BriefsSupreme Court

RBI cannot deny giving information under RTI Act by taking plea of fiduciary relationship with other banks

Supreme Court: In the present matter the question arose that whether Reserve Bank of India can deny giving information to the respondent