Government uses JPC, CBI to block 2G papers under RTI
12 years, 8 months ago

Government uses JPC, CBI to block 2G papers under RTI

The Hindu  

Information sought by the public, media and even members of Parliament on the 2G scam from the Department of Telecom and various ministries under the Right to Information is being denied under Section 8 of the RTI Act and more recently, the rules of procedure governing the Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the 2G matter. More recently, the DoT has started denying information on any 2G issue citing Section 8 of the RTI — “information the disclosure of which would cause a breach of privilege of Parliament or the state legislator.” Further, the JPC has vide a letter no, 1/1/JPC/2011 dated November 11, 2011, concluded — using a combination of Rule 275 of the Rules of Procedure with Section 8 of the RTI Act — that disclosure of information relating to the 2G matter which “would be cause of breach of privilege” can be declined. “If the CPIO denies information, applicants can invoke Section 18 of the RTI Act read with Section 20 to bypass the Appellate Authority and approach the CIC directly. However, when the same information is sought under the RTI Act, it is denied using Section 8, on grounds that “the original files are with the CBI or JPC.”

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'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 …

S. 91 CRPC | Accused Cannot Be Directed To Secure Documents Related To Case From Authorities Using RTI Act: Karnataka HC
1 month, 1 week ago

S. 91 CRPC | Accused Cannot Be Directed To Secure Documents Related To Case From Authorities Using RTI Act: Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has said that an accused should not be driven for securing documents related to his case under the Right to Information Act, when an application is filed under Section 91 of the Criminal Procedure Code. A single judge, Justice M Nagaprasanna held thus while allowing a petition filed by the pontiff of Murugha Mutt of Chitradurga, …

Right To Information (RTI) Act: All India Annual Digest 2024
1 month, 1 week ago

Right To Information (RTI) Act: All India Annual Digest 2024

Live Law  

SUPREME COURT Section 12 – Validity of Central Information Commission Regulations, 2007 framed by the Chief Information Commissioner under Section 12 of the RTI Act – Powers of the CIC – Held, the use of the words “superintendence, direction and management” in Sections 12 of the RTI Act clearly provides the CIC an ambit of power wide enough to frame …

Passport, Personal ID Details Can't Be Disclosed To Third Party Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Passport, Personal ID Details Can't Be Disclosed To Third Party Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that details about passport and personal identification documents cannot be disclosed to a third party under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Justice Sachin Datta referred to various judgments on the issue and said:“…disclosures which may be sought by a third party under the provisions of RTI act pertaining to passport or any …

RTI Act: CIC Upholds Denial Of Information On Blocking Of 'X' Accounts Covering Farmers' Protests And Those Critical Of Government
3 months, 3 weeks ago

RTI Act: CIC Upholds Denial Of Information On Blocking Of 'X' Accounts Covering Farmers' Protests And Those Critical Of Government

Live Law  

Disposing of an appeal moved by a RTI applicant against denial of information pertaining to blocking of 'X' accounts covering "farmers' protests and those critical of the government", the Central Information Commission said that the response of the Public Information Officer was "appropriate and well within the precincts of the RTI Act". The appellant-applicant in his RTI application had sought …

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 …

SIC pulls up Feroke municipality for negligence in processing RTI files
4 months, 3 weeks ago

SIC pulls up Feroke municipality for negligence in processing RTI files

The Hindu  

A flash inspection carried out under the leadership of Kerala State Information Commissioners A. Abdul Hakkim and T.K. Ramakrishnan in the Feroke municipal office on Thursday revealed grave negligence and irregularities on the part of officials in handling applications submitted under the Right to Information Act. The Commissioners also disclosed receiving petitions about alleged efforts by some officials to intimidate …

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 …

"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 …

RTI Act | Should Documents Available In First Appeal Records Be Necessarily Filed At The Time Of Second Appeal? Supreme Court To Consider
8 months, 2 weeks ago

RTI Act | Should Documents Available In First Appeal Records Be Necessarily Filed At The Time Of Second Appeal? Supreme Court To Consider

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a public interest litigation raising the issue as to whether documents available in records of the first appeal under Right to Information Act ought to be called again at the time of second appeal.The order was passed by a bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala, Manoj Misra, after hearing counsel …

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] 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 …

PIO Can't Be Compelled To Furnish Information If RTI Application Doesn't Contain Particulars Of Information Sought: Karnataka High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

PIO Can't Be Compelled To Furnish Information If RTI Application Doesn't Contain Particulars Of Information Sought: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has issued guidelines to be followed by the Karnataka State Information Commission while deciding on applications made before it under the Right to Information Act. Complainant HT Giriyappa had made an application under Section 6 of the Right to Information Act seeking certain information regarding encroachment of gunduthopu, tank bund, halla kharab in respect of Haluvagilu …

Karnataka High Court Quashes Order Directing ACB To Probe Denial Of Information Under RTI Act, Says PIO Not Supposed To 'Create' Information
2 years, 1 month ago

Karnataka High Court Quashes Order Directing ACB To Probe Denial Of Information Under RTI Act, Says PIO Not Supposed To 'Create' Information

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has observed that under provisions of the Right To Information Act, only such information that is available and existing and held by the public authority can be provided. In response to the show-cause notice issued by the Commission, the petitioner gave a reply stating that the CCTV installed in the office is having the capacity to …

Delhi High Court refuses 2006 Mumbai train blast convict’s plea to disclose probe report on the case
2 years, 1 month ago

Delhi High Court refuses 2006 Mumbai train blast convict’s plea to disclose probe report on the case

Op India  

Delhi High court on Friday dismissed the appeal of Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui, a death row convict in the 2006 Mumbai Train blast case against the Central Information Commission’s order. However, the High Court has directed the superintendent of Nagpur central jail to provide the petitioner with books he has sought under the RTI within four weeks either online or hard …

Exempted Organisations Can’t Be Asked To Disclose Outcome Of Complaint About Money Laundering, Hawala Transactions Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Exempted Organisations Can’t Be Asked To Disclose Outcome Of Complaint About Money Laundering, Hawala Transactions Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has ruled that an exempted intelligence or security organisation under the Right to Information Act, 2005, cannot be asked to disclose the outcome of a complaint which does not relate to corruption or human rights violations. Setting aside a Central Information Commission order directing the CPIO of Central Economic Intelligence Bureau to consider providing outcome of …

‘CBI Exempt from RTI Act’: Kerala High Court Upholds Single-Judge Bench’s Order
2 years, 4 months ago

‘CBI Exempt from RTI Act’: Kerala High Court Upholds Single-Judge Bench’s Order

News 18  

Upholding the order of a single-judge bench, a division bench of the Kerala High Court held that the Central Bureau Investigation is not liable to furnish information under the Right to Information Act as it is included in the second schedule of the Act, which exempts security organisations established by the Central Government. The Assistant Solicitor General argued that orders …

CBI Not Liable To Furnish Information Under RTI Act, Exempted U/S 24: Kerala High Court
2 years, 4 months ago

CBI Not Liable To Furnish Information Under RTI Act, Exempted U/S 24: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently observed that the Central Bureau of Investigation is not liable to furnish any information sought under the RTI Act, as it is included in the second schedule in contemplation of Section 24 of the RTI Act which exempts certain organisations from the Act.As per Section 24 of the RTI Act, the Act shall not apply …

S.207 CrPC | Denial Of Chargesheet Material To Accused Results In Unfair Trial: Karnataka High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

S.207 CrPC | Denial Of Chargesheet Material To Accused Results In Unfair Trial: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that a petitioner/accused would become entitled to all copies of the charge sheet material, denial of which would undoubtedly be contrary to the principle of fairness and result in an unfair trial. Mehta had questioned the order of Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru, only partly allowing his application under Section 207 of …

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 …

S. 482 CrPC| Can't Appreciate Evidence In Quashing Petition: Karnataka High Court Reiterates
3 years, 2 months ago

S. 482 CrPC| Can't Appreciate Evidence In Quashing Petition: Karnataka High Court Reiterates

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that a Court hearing a petition for quashing of FIR/ charge sheet under Section 482 CrPC cannot appreciate evidence as the same lies within the domain of the trial Court. Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar said, "It is a settled principle that while deciding the petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C, evidence cannot be appreciated …

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 …

Public Authority To Give Cogent Reasons For Claiming Exemption From Disclosure Of Information Sought Under The RTI Act: Delhi High Court
4 years, 1 month ago

Public Authority To Give Cogent Reasons For Claiming Exemption From Disclosure Of Information Sought Under The RTI Act: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has on Friday observed that when a public authority withholds information under RTI Act, the burden is on the public authority to show in what manner disclosure of such information could impede the investigation. The present petition was filed seeking directions to impugn the order dated 15th January 2018 passed by the Central Information Commission, whereby it …

RTI- CPIO/PIO Cannot Function As 'Post Offices' And Withhold Information Without Reasonable Cause, Delhi High Court
4 years, 1 month ago

RTI- CPIO/PIO Cannot Function As 'Post Offices' And Withhold Information Without Reasonable Cause, Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has recently held that the Central Public Information Officer or PIOs cannot withhold information without reasonable cause and that such officers cannot function merely as "post offices" while dealing with information sought under the Right to Information Act. The Court while reiterating various principles of the CPIOs and other Public information Officers held that the government …

‘Ill-treated’ RTI applicant to file writ petition against SIC
4 years, 2 months ago

‘Ill-treated’ RTI applicant to file writ petition against SIC

Deccan Chronicle  

JAGTIAL: Secretary of Council for Citizens Rights Tummanapelly Jaya Prakash has alleged that in violation of the provisions under Right to Information Act, the State Information Commission behaved in a negligent manner when a disabled applicant sought information. Prakash, a resident of Ailapur village in Kuratla mandal sought details of land records in the tahsildar’s office Korutla in September, 2018 …

Public Information Officers Who Mechanically Reject RTI Applications Should Be Shown The Doors, Says Madras HC [Read Order]
4 years, 6 months ago

Public Information Officers Who Mechanically Reject RTI Applications Should Be Shown The Doors, Says Madras HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

Public Information Officers who mechanically reject the RTI Applications should be shown the doors as they are unfit to hold the said post, said the Madras High Court recently.Justice S. Vaidyanathan observed thus while dismissing a writ petition filed by Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission which sought to quash an order passed by Tamil Nadu Information Commission directing it to …

RTI Seeking Details Of Tea Shop Of PM Modi's Father: CIC Directs CPIO Western Railway To File Affidavit Stating That No Records Are Available [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

RTI Seeking Details Of Tea Shop Of PM Modi's Father: CIC Directs CPIO Western Railway To File Affidavit Stating That No Records Are Available [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Central Information Commission disposed a second appeal filed by a lawyer who, through RTI, sought the details about the tea shop of Damodar Das, the father of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Two years ago, Pawan Parik, an RTI Activist and a lawyer practising in Haryana Courts, had filed an RTI application before CPIO, Western Railway, seeking information on eleven points …

Provide Clear, Cogent, Precise & Timely Response To RTI Applications, CIC Tells Department Of Justice [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

Provide Clear, Cogent, Precise & Timely Response To RTI Applications, CIC Tells Department Of Justice [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Central Information Commission has instructed the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice to provide a clear, cogent and precise response to the RTI application.Venkatesh Nayak had filed an RTI seeking photocopy of the request sent by the Government of India to Chief Justices of High Courts for ensuring due consideration to be given to suitable candidates belonging …

'Pained To Observe That Dept. Of Legal Affairs Which Advises Ministries On Legal Matters Faulted In Recognizing The Basic Issues Pertaining To RTI Act': CIC [Read Order]
4 years, 8 months ago

'Pained To Observe That Dept. Of Legal Affairs Which Advises Ministries On Legal Matters Faulted In Recognizing The Basic Issues Pertaining To RTI Act': CIC [Read Order]

Live Law  

Pained by the "callousness" of the Department of Legal Affairs in abiding by the provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005, the Central Information Commission on Wednesday instructed the authority to convene periodic conferences/ seminars to sensitize and educate its officials and ensure that they discharge their duties, effectively. Noting the issue of "multiple transfers" of the RTI application, …

Delhi HC Allows SG To File Reply In Plea Challenging The Denial of Information on PM CARES Fund Under The RTI Act
4 years, 9 months ago

Delhi HC Allows SG To File Reply In Plea Challenging The Denial of Information on PM CARES Fund Under The RTI Act

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has allowed Solicitor General to file Centre's reply in a plea challenging the decision of the Central Public Information Officer, Prime Minister's Office wherein the RTI application seeking documents related to the PM CARES Fund was denied. Petitioner sought reply from the CPIO of Prime Minister's Office who had denied to provide information on PM CARES Fund …

Court Rules & RTI : SC Verdict Subverts Right To Information
5 years ago

Court Rules & RTI : SC Verdict Subverts Right To Information

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has recently delivered a judgment in the case Chief Information Commissioner vs High Court Of Gujarat on March 4, 2020. This clearly means that the RTI Act will prevail over all laws and rules, including the Official Secrets Act as far as providing information in RTI is concerned. The Supreme Court judgment does not clearly identify how …

Copies Of Court Documents Can Be Obtained Only By Applying Under Court Rules And Not RTI : SC [Read Judgment]
5 years ago

Copies Of Court Documents Can Be Obtained Only By Applying Under Court Rules And Not RTI : SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that the information to be accessed/certified copies on the judicial side is to be obtained through the mechanism provided under the High Court Rules and the provisions of the RTI Act shall not be resorted to. The bench comprising Justices Banumathi, A S Bopanna & Hrishikesh Roy held in the case Chief Information Commissioner …

Ruling on CJI’s office sets RTI example
5 years, 4 months ago

Ruling on CJI’s office sets RTI example

The Hindu  

Right to Information activists on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict declaring the office of the Chief Justice of India as a public authority under the RTI Act and said the apex court’s decision would now serve as a precedent to help usher in more transparency, especially on the part of institutions that had hitherto been reluctant to comply with …

How will disclosure of Mallya's extradition expenses impede his prosecution: CIC asks CBI
5 years, 6 months ago

How will disclosure of Mallya's extradition expenses impede his prosecution: CIC asks CBI

India TV News  

The Central Information Commission has directed the CBI to explain how disclosure of expenses incurred on the extradition of Vijay Mallya will hamper his pending apprehension and prosecution. The Section 24 exempts security and intelligence organisations listed in the second schedule including the CBI from "anything" contained in the RTI Act. When the matter reached the CIC, highest adjudicating body …

Malegaon 08': CIC Directs Home Ministry To ReplyTo RTI Query Regarding Opinion Given By Law Ministry On Applicability Of MCOCA [Read Order]
5 years, 9 months ago

Malegaon 08': CIC Directs Home Ministry To ReplyTo RTI Query Regarding Opinion Given By Law Ministry On Applicability Of MCOCA [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Chief Information Commissioner Sudhir Bhargava directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to provide an appropriate reply to an RTI query seeking a copy of the opinion given by Ministry of Law and Justice regarding the applicability of Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 on the 2008 Malegaon Bomb blast case. The said opinion was sought by the National …

CIC pulls up RBI for non-disclosure of demonetisation records
6 years, 1 month ago

CIC pulls up RBI for non-disclosure of demonetisation records

Live Mint  

The Central Information Commission has pulled up the Reserve Bank of India for "perfunctory handling" of an RTI application seeking records of its board meetings where the issue of demonetisation was deliberated, and issued a show-cause notice to its Central Public Information Officer. Activist Venkatesh Nayak had sought records of all meetings of the RBI Central Board of Directors along …

Central Information Commission pulls up RBI for non-disclosure of demonetisation records
6 years, 1 month ago

Central Information Commission pulls up RBI for non-disclosure of demonetisation records

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has pulled up the Reserve Bank of India for “perfunctory handling” of an RTI application seeking records of its board meetings where the issue of demonetisation was deliberated, and issued a show-cause notice to its Central Public Information Officer. Activist Venkatesh Nayak had sought records of all meetings of the RBI Central Board of …

Non-Disclosure Of Information Under RTI Act: SC issues Notice To RBI On Contempt Plea
6 years, 2 months ago

Non-Disclosure Of Information Under RTI Act: SC issues Notice To RBI On Contempt Plea

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Reserve Bank of India on two contempt petitions filed against it for non-disclosure of information under the Right to Information Act. Mr. Agrawal's petition now alleges violation of the Supreme Court decision by RBI's issuance of a "Disclosure Policy" directing its Public Information Officers to not disclose certain kinds of information. This, …

RTI Can't Be Invoked When Information Can Be Accessed Through Another Statutory Mechanism: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]
6 years, 2 months ago

RTI Can't Be Invoked When Information Can Be Accessed Through Another Statutory Mechanism: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court recently held that, the provisions of the Right To Information Act cannot be resorted to, when any information can be accessed through the mechanism provided under another statute. N. Anbarasan had filed RTI applications before the High Court seeking certified copies of notices received by the office of the Registrar General from Advocate Dr.S.Krishnamurthy seeking to …

CBI refuses to disclose records on how lookout circular against Vijay Mallya was changed
6 years, 4 months ago

CBI refuses to disclose records on how lookout circular against Vijay Mallya was changed

Firstpost  

The CBI had issued LOC against Mallya calling for his detention if he intends to leave the country or arrive here from abroad but in a surprise move it was diluted asking the immigration authorities to merely inform the agency in case of his travel. New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has refused to disclose records pertaining to dilution …

60% Of Denials By Information Commissioners Have Been In Violation Of RTI Act: Study Finds
6 years, 5 months ago

60% Of Denials By Information Commissioners Have Been In Violation Of RTI Act: Study Finds

Live Law  

Non-imposition of penalties under the Right to Information Act by Information Commissioners is causing an estimated loss of Rs.203 crores annually, a recent research has found.The research was conducted by the Satark Nagrik Sangathan & Centre for Equity Studies on orders of the Central Information Commission. Non-imposition of penalties under the Right to Information Act by Information Commissioners is causing …

RTI Information Cannot Be Denied On Ground That Authentic Information Is Available With Another Authority : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
6 years, 5 months ago

RTI Information Cannot Be Denied On Ground That Authentic Information Is Available With Another Authority : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has held that a Public Information Officer cannot deny information under the Right to Information Act 2005 on the ground that authentic information is available with another authority.This was held by Justice Vibhu Bhakru while dismissing writ petition filed by PIO of Commissioner of Police, Delhi, challenging the direction of Central Information. The Delhi High Court …

Convict in Mumbai 2006 train blast seeks IB report calling for review of evidence under RTI Act; Delhi HC reserves order
6 years, 6 months ago

Convict in Mumbai 2006 train blast seeks IB report calling for review of evidence under RTI Act; Delhi HC reserves order

Firstpost  

The convict needed the IB report which purportedly called for review of the evidence in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its decision on a plea by one of the convicts in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings seeking a 2009 Intelligence Bureau report which purportedly called for review of evidence in …

Data Protection Committee: Govt Repeatedly Refuses RTI Requests
6 years, 8 months ago

Data Protection Committee: Govt Repeatedly Refuses RTI Requests

The Quint  

31 July 2017: The Srikrishna Committee is set up to “identify key data protection issues” and suggest “a draft data protection bill”. 2 December: Anjali Bhardwaj files first RTI asking for 1) Date of each meeting; 2) Copy of agenda for each meeting including all records, material etc circulated; 3) Copy of all documents/records provided to the Committee for each …

RTI Query Seeking Date Of Deposit Of Rs. 15L In Citizens’ Accounts, Not ‘Information’, PMO Tells CIC [Read Order]
6 years, 11 months ago

RTI Query Seeking Date Of Deposit Of Rs. 15L In Citizens’ Accounts, Not ‘Information’, PMO Tells CIC [Read Order]

Live Law  

15 Lakhs be deposited in the account of each citizen as promised by PM Narendra Modi, was one of the query by Mohan Kumar Sharma in an RTI application preferred before Prime Minister’s Office.He also sought to know how print media houses came to know before the announcement of PM Narendra Modi about demonetization. 15 Lakhs be deposited in the …

CBI Can’t Claim Absolute Exemption From RTI Act: Delhi HC [Read Order]
7 years, 6 months ago

CBI Can’t Claim Absolute Exemption From RTI Act: Delhi HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed the CBI to consider the application of an RTI activist seeking information about corruption within the central investigating body and action taken into allegations made by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of shady probe into the coalgate scam pursuant to a news report.The Agency claimed that it is included in the second schedule to …

CBI cannot claim absolute exemption from RTI Act: Delhi HC
7 years, 6 months ago

CBI cannot claim absolute exemption from RTI Act: Delhi HC

India TV News  

CBI cannot claim absolute exemption from RTI Act: Delhi HC Delhi High Court held that CBI cannot claim absolute exemption from disclosing information pertaining to allegations of corruption and human rights violations held by it under the RTI Act. The CBI cannot claim absolute exemption from disclosing information pertaining to allegations of corruption and human rights violations held by it …

CBI not exempt from disclosing information under RTI Act: Delhi HC
7 years, 6 months ago

CBI not exempt from disclosing information under RTI Act: Delhi HC

Firstpost  

The CBI cannot claim absolute exemption from disclosing information pertaining to allegations of corruption and human rights violations held by it under the RTI Act New Delhi: The CBI cannot claim absolute exemption from disclosing information pertaining to allegations of corruption and human rights violations held by it under the RTI Act, the Delhi High Court has held. The Act …

SC To Examine Whether Court Documents Can Be Availed Through RTI
7 years, 7 months ago

SC To Examine Whether Court Documents Can Be Availed Through RTI

Live Law  

A special leave petition preferred by the Chief Information Commission, Gujarat Information Commission, is seen pending in the Supreme Court that poses a relevant question as to whether certified copy of court documents can be availed of through an RTI application. The Chief Information Commission and Gujarat Information Commission had assailed a Gujarat High Court order wherein it held that …

CIC Slams PIO For Denying Pending Case Details Citing ‘Non-Availability Of Files’
7 years, 8 months ago

CIC Slams PIO For Denying Pending Case Details Citing ‘Non-Availability Of Files’

Live Law  

Central Information Commissioner Prof M Sridhar Acharyalu, in the case of Vijendra Singh Jafa vs PIO, MOSJE, has slammed the PIO for refusing to provide information sought on grounds of non-availability of the files in question and also made recommendations to the Department of Personnel and Training, the nodal agency for the implementation of the Right to Information Act.RTI applicant …

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