Over 7,000 appeal cases pending at Haryana State Information Commission, ₹2.84 crore unrecovered penalties: Reply to RTI
1 month, 1 week ago

Over 7,000 appeal cases pending at Haryana State Information Commission, ₹2.84 crore unrecovered penalties: Reply to RTI

The Hindu  

More than 7,000 appeal cases are pending before the Haryana State Information Commission, revealed a reply to an application under the Right To Information Act. Kapoor, 8,340 appeal cases were pending before the Chief Information Commissioner and seven State Information Commissioners together in January last year, and the number came down to 7,216 till December. The Commission, over the past two decades, has imposed ₹5.86 crore penalty on the officials in 3,611 cases for not imparting the information within the stipulated time of one month but managed to recover only ₹2.84 crore so far. “If the Commission does not have the details of the SPIOs and the First Appellant Authority officials then who will have this information?,” asked Mr. Kapoor, demanding that the government must seriously implement the law, recover the outstanding penalty dues and make public the details of the officials concerned.

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Information Commissioner arrested as he takes bribe to deliver a favourable order
20 hours ago

Information Commissioner arrested as he takes bribe to deliver a favourable order

The Hindu  

State Information Commissioner Ravindra Gurunath Dhakappa posted in the Kalaburagi Bench of the Karnataka Information Commission was arrested by Lokayukta Police on Thursday as he received ₹1 lakh bribe through an online transfer for delivering a favourable order to an applicant. “The Information Commissioner agreed to pass a favourable order for the applicant in exchange for ₹3 lakh. Saibanna Sasi …

Over 5,000 appeal petitions pending before Kerala State Information Commission, reveals RTI query
1 week, 4 days ago

Over 5,000 appeal petitions pending before Kerala State Information Commission, reveals RTI query

The Hindu  

As of January 31, 2025, a total of 5,066 appeal petitions and 1,662 complaint petitions are pending before the State Information Commission, a Right to Information query submitted by activist Raju Vazhakkala of Kakkanad has revealed. The number of appeals and petitions handled by each Commission member, including the CIC, is as follows — V. Hari Nair disposed of 376 …

'Acted As Govt Agent': Madhya Pradesh HC Fines Chief Information Commissioner ₹40K For Delay In Disclosing Info On Animal Husbandry Director
2 weeks, 3 days ago

'Acted As Govt Agent': Madhya Pradesh HC Fines Chief Information Commissioner ₹40K For Delay In Disclosing Info On Animal Husbandry Director

Live Law  

In a plea claiming non-disclosure of information sought under the Right to Information Act within the stipulated time, the Madhya Pradesh High Court said that the Chief Information Officer had acted as an "agent" of the Government by not examining the facts of the case in detail. Setting aside the order which rejected petitioner's RTI application, the Court directed the …

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up [February 10-16, 2025]
1 month, 1 week ago

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up [February 10-16, 2025]

Live Law  

Nominal Index RENU SHARMA AND ORS v. HARYANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 2024 LiveLaw 62RAMAN @ SONU v. STATE OF PUNJAB 2025 LiveLaw 63 Aaditya Sharma v. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw 64Amandeep Singh v. Preet Industries and Anr. 2025 LiveLaw 65 Dhanna Ram v. State of Haryana Citation: 2025 LiveLaw 66 Ravisan and others v. State of Punjab and others …

'Shocking', 'Lower Court Records Not Received By Appellate Court For 5 Yrs': Punjab & Haryana HC Calls Judicial Officer's Actions 'Unacceptable'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Shocking', 'Lower Court Records Not Received By Appellate Court For 5 Yrs': Punjab & Haryana HC Calls Judicial Officer's Actions 'Unacceptable'

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has expressed shock at the actions of a judicial officer who failed to call for the lower court record of a case he was hearing on appeal for five years.The Court noted that the judge continued passing routine orders for five years without taking any effective steps to summon the case record from the …

SC orders Haryana to pay ₹500,000 each to 3 men wrongly convicted of murder
1 month, 3 weeks ago

SC orders Haryana to pay ₹500,000 each to 3 men wrongly convicted of murder

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Haryana government to pay ₹5 lakh each in compensation to three men who were wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, holding the public prosecutor responsible for the miscarriage of justice and highlighting systemic flaws in the appointment of prosecutors based “solely on political considerations” rather than merit. The …

RTI Act Not Applicable To CBI, Punjab & Haryana HC Rejects Former Income Tax Officer's Plea Seeking Info On Agency's 'Trap' Against Him
3 months, 3 weeks ago

RTI Act Not Applicable To CBI, Punjab & Haryana HC Rejects Former Income Tax Officer's Plea Seeking Info On Agency's 'Trap' Against Him

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has rejected an Income Tax Officer's plea seeking information under the Right to information Act relating to Trap Proceeding conducted against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation.The Income Tax Officer was convicted in a corruption case and his appeal against the conviction is pending before the High Court. The Punjab and Haryana High …

6,845 RTI applications and appeals pending with State Information Commission
4 months, 3 weeks ago

6,845 RTI applications and appeals pending with State Information Commission

New Indian Express  

THRISSUR : Introduced in 2005 to ensure transparency in governance, the Right to Information Act is considered a powerful tool against corruption, empowering ordinary citizens to question those in power about their actions. According to data, as of August 9, a total of 6,845 RTI applications, including newly filed applications and appeals, are pending in the office of the State …

Why has Bombay HC invalidated Centre’s proposed ‘fact-checking’ unit? | Explained
6 months ago

Why has Bombay HC invalidated Centre’s proposed ‘fact-checking’ unit? | Explained

The Hindu  

On September 20, the Bombay High Court struck down as “unconstitutional” and “vague” the amended Information Technology Rules, 2021, which empowered the Centre to establish a “Fact Check Unit” to identify “fake or false or misleading” online content about the government and its establishments. Following the split verdict, the Chief Justice of the High Court appointed Justice Chandurkar to hear …

"Improper": Kerala High Court Pulls Up State Public Service Commission For Destroying Records During Pendency Of RTI Application
8 months ago

"Improper": Kerala High Court Pulls Up State Public Service Commission For Destroying Records During Pendency Of RTI Application

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court stated that the Kerala Public Service Commission has the power to destroy records in accordance with the Office Manual prescribing record preservation procedures and Rules made under the Kerala Destruction of Records Act. If in such event it is brought to the notice of the State Information Commission that during the pendency of an application for …

Official not furnishing info sought via RTI Act, alleges petitioner in TN
1 year, 1 month ago

Official not furnishing info sought via RTI Act, alleges petitioner in TN

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: A public information officer, who was fined Rs 5,000 by the State Public Information Commissioner and asked to provide requested details to a petitioner, has failed to abide by the instruction even after months of passing the order. According to sources, M Sakthi, who was working as an executive engineer at the TANGEDCO office in Periyakulam, submitted an RTI …

RTI Act | Penalty Imposed On Public Information Officers For Delay In Reply Depends On 'Malice': Delhi High Court
1 year, 4 months ago

RTI Act | Penalty Imposed On Public Information Officers For Delay In Reply Depends On 'Malice': Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has observed that the Right to Information Act, 2005, only specifies the maximum limit of penalty to be imposed on Public Information Officers and the said amount may vary depending on malice and degree of inaction on the officials’ part in not providing the information.Justice Subramonium Prasad said that even though Section 20 of the RTI …

Right To Information Act will become a dead letter if...: Supreme Court to Centre
1 year, 4 months ago

Right To Information Act will become a dead letter if...: Supreme Court to Centre

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre and state governments to fill vacancies in Information Commissions across the country, saying that if the posts were not filled then the whole purpose of the Right To Information Act would be defeated and the Act would become a "dead letter". "The failure of the state governments to fill the posts of …

Over three lakh appeals and complaints pending with Information Commissions, report finds
1 year, 5 months ago

Over three lakh appeals and complaints pending with Information Commissions, report finds

The Hindu  

A total of 3,21,537 appeals and complaints are pending in 27 State Information Commissions across the country, and the backlog has been steadily increasing, according to a new report. The ‘Report Card on the Performance of Information Commissions in India, 2022-23’ said that the 2019 assessment had found that as of March 31 that year, a total of 2,18,347 appeals/complaints …

Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Directions To RTI Authorities Amid Rise In Cryptic, Non-Speaking Orders
1 year, 7 months ago

Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Directions To RTI Authorities Amid Rise In Cryptic, Non-Speaking Orders

Live Law  

In a significant ruling, the Punjab & Haryana High Court recently held that authorities including the Appellate Authorities under the Right to Information Act have been passing “cryptic and non-speaking orders” in violation of the judgements of the Supreme Court, High Courts and mandate of the RTI Act.Justice Vikas Bahl thus directed authorities handling appeals under the Right. In a …

Supreme Court raps Haryana Urban Development Authority for filing ‘frivolous’ appeal
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court raps Haryana Urban Development Authority for filing ‘frivolous’ appeal

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Haryana Urban Development Authority on the knuckles for “wasting” the time of courts in a matter involving the demand for more money from a man for allotment of a plot of land, and imposed a cost of ₹1 lakh on it for filing a “frivolous appeal”. The apex court observed it has often …

RTI Act | Public Information Officer Cannot Challenge Appellate Authority's Order Directing It To Disclose Information: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 10 months ago

RTI Act | Public Information Officer Cannot Challenge Appellate Authority's Order Directing It To Disclose Information: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that under the Right to Information Act, a Public information Officer has no authority to prefer an appeal against an order passed by the Appellate Authority, directing him to furnish information to an applicant under the Act. A single judge bench of Justice N S Sanjay Gowda has said, “There is no …

Jharkhand Information Commission defunct for three years
1 year, 11 months ago

Jharkhand Information Commission defunct for three years

Hindustan Times  

More than 16,000 appeal applications are pending for hearing in Jharkhand Information Commission as the statutory body has been lying defunct for around three years since the last information commissioner, Himanshu Shekhar Chaudhary, retired after completing his term on May 8, 2020. Some of the institutions currently without chairman and members and mentioned in the PIL include state information commission, …

[RTI Act] Second Appeal By PIO Maintainable Even If He Did Not File First Appeal U/S 19(1): Karnataka High Court
2 years ago

[RTI Act] Second Appeal By PIO Maintainable Even If He Did Not File First Appeal U/S 19(1): Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has set aside the order passed by the Karnataka State Information Commissioner dismissing the second appeal filed by Public Information Officer, on the ground that the petitioner being the PIO cannot maintain the second appeal under Section 19 of the Right to Information Act. The counsel for the petitioner had contended that the second appeal under …

Over 22,000 Second Appeals, Complaints Pending with CIC: Govt in Rajya Sabha
2 years, 3 months ago

Over 22,000 Second Appeals, Complaints Pending with CIC: Govt in Rajya Sabha

News 18  

Over 22,000 second appeals and complaints were pending with the Central Information Commission as on December 5, 2022, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 provides that it is not obligatory for public information officers to give any information to citizens which relates to personal information the disclosure of which has …

"No Change In Haryana Govt's Attitude": High Court Sets Aside Order Condoning 3 Yrs Delay In Filing Appeal On Ground That Case Files Were Lost
2 years, 3 months ago

"No Change In Haryana Govt's Attitude": High Court Sets Aside Order Condoning 3 Yrs Delay In Filing Appeal On Ground That Case Files Were Lost

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday slammed the Haryana government for paying no heed to the Limitation Act and causing inordinate delays in preferring appeals.A single bench of Justice Deepak Gupta, while refusing to excuse the government on the ground that the case file was lost during interdepartmental consultation, remarked,"In large number of cases, the Government seeks. The …

India is losing its cherished right to know
2 years, 4 months ago

India is losing its cherished right to know

The Hindu  

The most vital mandate of the Central Information Commission, the apex body under India’s transparency regime, is to decide whether certain information sought by a citizen ought to be disclosed or not. Until the 2019 amendment to the RTI Act, Information Commissioners appointed to the CIC were equal in status to the Chief Election Commissioner, and that of a Supreme …

Employee's Performance Is "Personal Information" Exempted U/S 8(1)(j) RTI Act: J&K&L High Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Employee's Performance Is "Personal Information" Exempted U/S 8(1)(j) RTI Act: J&K&L High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Saturday reiterated that the "performance of an employee or an officer in an organisation is primarily a matter between the employee and the employer and falls within the meaning of personal information." While the Public Information Officer of KVS on 1 March 2014 declined to provide the information on the ground …

Data | Unfilled vacancies, stagnant workforce delay RTI replies and appeals
2 years, 5 months ago

Data | Unfilled vacancies, stagnant workforce delay RTI replies and appeals

The Hindu  

Data show that the number of information officers and first appellate authorities in the Central government has remained stagnant in the last few years. A report released in October by the Satark Nagrik Sangathan, titled ‘Report Card on the Performance of Information Commissions in India, 2021-22’, states that the number of appeals and complaints pending before the Central and State …

Three lakh and counting: RTI pleas pile up at information commissions
2 years, 5 months ago

Three lakh and counting: RTI pleas pile up at information commissions

The Hindu  

A good 17 years after India got the Right to Information Act, the transparency regime in the country remains a mirage with nearly 3.15 lakh complaints or appeals pending with 26 information commissions across India. 2 completely defunct The report says two out of 29 information commissions across the country are completely defunct, four of them headless at the moment …

Kerala State Information Commission has backlog of over 5,000 petitions, reveals RTI query
2 years, 7 months ago

Kerala State Information Commission has backlog of over 5,000 petitions, reveals RTI query

The Hindu  

About 5,280 appeal petitions are pending before the State Information Commission, as per an official reply to information sought under the Right to Information Act for the period between January 1, 2010 and May 31, 2022. The appeals are filed in the Central and State Information Commissions, which act as transparency watchdogs under the Right to Information Act 2005, when …

RTI Act | Information Commission Can't Turn Blind Eye To Culpable Delay In Furnishing Info By PIO: Karnataka High Court Imposes Penalty
2 years, 7 months ago

RTI Act | Information Commission Can't Turn Blind Eye To Culpable Delay In Furnishing Info By PIO: Karnataka High Court Imposes Penalty

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court recently observed that the Information Commission cannot let the undue delay caused by a Public Information Officer in furnishing information as sought for under the Right to Education Act, go unpunished.Leaving the culpable delay to go with impunity strikes at the root of law, a single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit said.The court was …

RTI Application Can’t be Rejected On Mere Third Party Objection, Says MP Information Commission
3 years, 3 months ago

RTI Application Can’t be Rejected On Mere Third Party Objection, Says MP Information Commission

News 18  

An RTI plea can’t be turned down merely on the basis of a third party objection on the matter, MP State Information Commission said on Thursday. Rejecting the objection of a third party, the Information Commissioner Rahul Singh asked to turn down the appeal and directed the concerned department to offer information to the RTI applicant immediately. However, Mishra then …

Over 32,000 RTI appeals pending with Central Information Commission: Govt.
3 years, 3 months ago

Over 32,000 RTI appeals pending with Central Information Commission: Govt.

The Hindu  

More than 32,000 RTI appeals are pending with the Central Information Commission, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. In a written reply, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said there was a pendency of 35,178 and 38,116 RTI appeals during 2019-20 and 2020-21, respectively. Mr. Singh said the government has taken several steps like capacity building through training …

Four Rajasthan government officials fined for failing to comply with RTI Act
4 years ago

Four Rajasthan government officials fined for failing to comply with RTI Act

Firstpost  

Jaipur: Four government officials were fined by Rajasthan State Information Commission for not providing information under the Right to Information Act, an official statement said on Thursday. State Information Commissioner Lakshman Singh slapped a fine of Rs 15,000 on then village development officer of Sata panchayat of Barmer district for not providing information to the applicant. The commissioner also slapped …

Two Officials Fined Rs 25,000 Each for Refusing Info Under RTI Act in Rajasthan
4 years ago

Two Officials Fined Rs 25,000 Each for Refusing Info Under RTI Act in Rajasthan

News 18  

The Rajasthan Information Commission has filed two government officials of Rs 25,000 each for denying information to two people under the provisions of the Right to Information Act. The two officials who were fined are the Bikaner Municipal Corporation commissioner and an executive engineer of Jodhpur DISCOM. Information Commissioner Laxman Singh Rathore fined the Bikaner civic body commissioner on a …

Supreme Court criticises govt for non-reply to Jairam Ramesh’s plea on changes in RTI Act
4 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court criticises govt for non-reply to Jairam Ramesh’s plea on changes in RTI Act

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday criticised the Union government for having not filed a reply for over a year to a petition by parliamentarian Jairam Ramesh challenging the amendments made to the Right to Information Act. The court, in January 2020, asked the Centre to file its reply to Mr. Ramesh’s plea that the amendments gave the government unparalleled powers …

State Information Commission Has No Power To Direct Removal Of Encroachment Under RTI ACT: Uttarakhand High Court
4 years, 2 months ago

State Information Commission Has No Power To Direct Removal Of Encroachment Under RTI ACT: Uttarakhand High Court

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday observed that the State Information Commission has got no power to direct for the removal of encroachment under the Right To Information Act, 2005. Background The Bench was hearing the plea of one Manju Agarwal, who challenged the order dated 08th August 2016 passed by State Information Commission directing Nagar Palika Parishad, Kotdwar to …

CIC Dismisses Appeal Against Non-Disclosure Of Information Sought From SC Regarding 38 Petitions In Aadhaar Case
4 years, 4 months ago

CIC Dismisses Appeal Against Non-Disclosure Of Information Sought From SC Regarding 38 Petitions In Aadhaar Case

Live Law  

The Central Information Commission has dismissed an appeal filed by an RTI Applicant against non-disclosure of the information sought about the decisions taken in 38 petitions disposed by the Supreme Court in Aadhaar judgment.The Commission said that the judgment titled Justice K. S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India comprises of collective decision for the entire batch of 38 petitions,. The …

Paralysis In Hearing Of RTI Appeals Without Chiefs & With Increasing Vacancies
4 years, 5 months ago

Paralysis In Hearing Of RTI Appeals Without Chiefs & With Increasing Vacancies

Live Law  

The Right to Information Act has completed its 15 years of truncated existence on 12th October 2020, with several empty Commissions, especially Commissions without 'heads', resulting in high increase in pending appeals and extending period of delay in delivery of decisions. When I was in CIC as one of the ten Commissioners, I had the experience of facing lack of …

At 15, RTI Act crippled by rising backlog
4 years, 5 months ago

At 15, RTI Act crippled by rising backlog

The Hindu  

Fifteen years after the Right to Information Act came into force, more than 2.2 lakh cases are pending at the Central and State Information Commissions, which are the final courts of appeal under the transparency law. Out of almost 90,000 cases disposed of by the 16 commissions between April 2019 to July 2020, show cause notices were issued in more …

Caste And Privacy - A Note On Madras High Court Judgement
4 years, 6 months ago

Caste And Privacy - A Note On Madras High Court Judgement

Live Law  

The rejection of information about persons selected as per their caste of backward class is invalid when quotas are based on a caste, which was accepted as a social group in identifying backwardness. Caste and privacy The Public Information Officer of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission gave the detailed information sought for in respect of to but denied the …

[Denial Of Info. Under RTI] 'Take Action Against Officer Under RTI Act Who Acted In A Callous Manner ', Gujarat HC Directs SIC [Read Order]
4 years, 6 months ago

[Denial Of Info. Under RTI] 'Take Action Against Officer Under RTI Act Who Acted In A Callous Manner ', Gujarat HC Directs SIC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday directed the State Information Commissioner to initiate proceedings under Section 20 of the Right to Information Act. Kogje observed, "The Court is of the view that this is a fit case where the proceedings under Section 20 of the Right to Information Act needs to be initiated in view of non-compliance of the order …

MCG fined for failing to give details under the RTI Act
4 years, 8 months ago

MCG fined for failing to give details under the RTI Act

The Hindu  

The Haryana State Information Commission has imposed a fine of ₹10,000 on the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram for “detriment suffered by the appellant” due to non-supplying of information under the RTI Act. The panel also issued show-cause notices to the State Public Information Officers and directed them to furnish information to the appellant within a fortnight of the order free-of-cost …

Failure to provide information under RTI Act costs Haryana MC official ₹5,000
5 years, 2 months ago

Failure to provide information under RTI Act costs Haryana MC official ₹5,000

Hindustan Times  

State Information Commission, Haryana, has penalised a former official of Panchkula municipal corporation for not providing information sought by a resident under the Right to Information regarding rumble strips installed on the city roads. HT Image The commission has imposed a penalty of ₹5,000 on then executive engineer-cum-state public information officer, LC Chauhan, who was earlier posted with Panchkula MC. …

Over 33,000 appeals, complaints pending in CIC, says Jitendra Singh
5 years, 3 months ago

Over 33,000 appeals, complaints pending in CIC, says Jitendra Singh

The Hindu  

Over 33,000 complaints and appeals are pending with the Central Information Commission, the Lok Sabha was informed on December 4. “As far as Central Information Commission is concerned, 33,487 number of second appeals/complaints are pending as on November 28, 2019,” Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply. He said the government has started a web …

Clear pendency of cases, improve training quality: RTI activists appeal to government
5 years, 3 months ago

Clear pendency of cases, improve training quality: RTI activists appeal to government

The Hindu  

As the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government assumes charge, Right to Information activists have put forth a list of their demands to shore up the efficacy of the RTI Act. While former Chief Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi has written a letter to the Chief Minister regarding the massive pendency of RTI cases and the need to appoint more information …

Power Of Review Not Inherent To Right To Information Act, Beyond The Jurisdiction Of Information Commissioner: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
5 years, 8 months ago

Power Of Review Not Inherent To Right To Information Act, Beyond The Jurisdiction Of Information Commissioner: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has held that Right to Information Act 2005 does not confer the power of review upon the Information Commissioners and allowed a petition filed by a 60-year-old man from Nagpur. Since that order was not complied with, the petitioner moved a fresh complaint under Section 18 of the said act and by an order dated October …

Whether Disciplinary Proceedings Against Employees Is A 'Personal Information' Exempted From Disclosure Under RTI Act? SC Issues Notice [Read Order]
5 years, 10 months ago

Whether Disciplinary Proceedings Against Employees Is A 'Personal Information' Exempted From Disclosure Under RTI Act? SC Issues Notice [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has issued a notice in a petition raising an issue whether even disciplinary proceedings initiated and action taken against employees would fall under "personal information" as defined in Clause of Section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005. The RTI applicant had sought personal information regarding some officer against whom the Corporation had issued charge-sheet and …

Central Info Commissioner Should Have The Status Of Chief Election Commissioner; Do Not Select Bureaucrats Only For The Post: SC
6 years, 1 month ago

Central Info Commissioner Should Have The Status Of Chief Election Commissioner; Do Not Select Bureaucrats Only For The Post: SC

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued a slew of directives regarding the filling up of vacancies in Central and State Information Commissions under Right To Information Act.The key directions passed by the bench of Justices A K Sikri and Abdul Nazeer are :Chief Information Commissioner should have the status of Chief Election CommissionersInformation Commissioners should not be just bureaucrats,. The Supreme …

Andhra Pradesh info commission scores 0, Telangana fares well
6 years, 9 months ago

Andhra Pradesh info commission scores 0, Telangana fares well

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh, along with Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh, secured a zero for the performance of their information commissioners in terms of responsiveness under the RTI Act. In a country-wide assessment of information commissions by the Delhi-based Satark Nagrik Sangathan and Centre for Equity Studies, only 13 out of 29 commissions provided full information in response to RTI applications. …

Penalty Provisions Not Mandatory; Information Seeker Can’t Resort To Penalty Proceedings Under RTI Act, As Of Right: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]
6 years, 10 months ago

Penalty Provisions Not Mandatory; Information Seeker Can’t Resort To Penalty Proceedings Under RTI Act, As Of Right: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

Matter of penalty is between the Commission and Erring Information Officer in which the petitioner/information seeker has no right, the Court said.Holding that the penalty provisions under the Right to Information Act is discretionary, the Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that the matter of penalty to be awarded under the Act is between the Information Commission and erring. Holding that …

Penalty Provisions Not Mandatory; Information Seeker Can’t Resort To Penalty Proceedings Under RTI Act, As Of Right: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]
6 years, 10 months ago

Penalty Provisions Not Mandatory; Information Seeker Can’t Resort To Penalty Proceedings Under RTI Act, As Of Right: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

Matter of penalty is between the Commission and Erring Information Officer in which the petitioner/information seeker has no right, the Court said.Holding that the penalty provisions under the Right to Information Act is discretionary, the Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that the matter of penalty to be awarded under the Act is between the Information Commission and erring. Holding that …

Survey shows West Bengal and Kerala worst in providing information to the public
7 years ago

Survey shows West Bengal and Kerala worst in providing information to the public

Op India  

Research by two NGOs has brought to highlight many gaping holes in the functioning of India’s Information Commissions. As per the revelations made by the “Report Card on Performance of Information Commissions in India” by Satark Nagrik Sangathan and Centre for Equity Studies, there are 1,99,186 pending applications in the 23 Information Commissions from whom data was sought. The Information …

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