Delhi High Court stays CIC order asking CBDT to give info on Ram Janmabhoomi TrustThe court was hearing a plea by the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of CBDT seeking quashing of the November 30, 2022 order of th...
CIC issues show-cause notice to CDSCO for denial of info on WHO's suspension on Covaxin procurementUnder Section 20 of the RTI Act, if CIC is convinced that information denial was unjustified and arising out of malafide intention, it may ...
CIC issues show-cause notice to RBI for casual approach to its noticeIn the show-cause notice, Chandra directed the CPIO why penal action under Section 20(1) of the RTI Act should not be initiated against him...
CIC admonishes DoPT for 'wrongly' invoking exemption clause to deny info under RTI ActThe Commission admonishes the then Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) for invoking Section 8(1)(i) of the RTI Act .
Air India denies price of VVIP Boeing 777-300s to RTI applicant without reasons; CIC issues show-causeThe national carrier, while denying an RTI applicant did not invoke any of the RTI exemption clauses in an "inordinately delayed" response,...
1971 war gallantry award citations of 'Desert Scorpion' commandos destroyedDuring the 1971 war, the unit had successfully conducted surgical strikes 80 km inside Pakistan, capturing four strategic towns without suf...
Appoint nodal RTI officer: CIC to RBIActivist Subhash Agrawal had sought information about printing of Re one note, which was returned saying it was not addressed to the right ...
Delhi High Court stays CIC fine on DU for rejecting RTI queries on PM, IraniJustice Sanjeev Sachdeva observed that the RTI applicants "wasted judicial time" by filing "frivolous" pleas before the Central Information...
Government asks all departments to update details of officers for handling RTI mattersThe purpose of suo motu disclosures is to place a large amount of information in the public domain on a proactive basis to make the functio...
CBDT directs Income Tax department to comply with CIC orders invariablyThe decision comes after CIC wrote a lette to CBDT complaining about CPIOs defied orders thereby damaging the effectiveness and image of th...
New chief R K Mathur receives complaint against CICActivist Subhash Agrawal has said the Central Public Information Officers of the CIC transfer petitions on 30th day of receipt whereas law ...
NGT spends Rs 33,000 as litigation fee to save Rs 40: CICThe case relates to RTI activist R K Jain who sought to know from the NGT the number of RTI applications received by it and status of dispo...
Centre issues guidelines for giving RTI repliesAll ministries were today asked to clearly mention detailed reasons for denial of information sought by people under the RTI Act.
No need for model format for replying to RTI query: Government panelA government-appointed committee has rejected the need for having a standard format for replying to applications filed under the Right to I...
Modi's nod required before releasing post Godhra letters written by Vajpayee: PMOThe information was earlier denied by the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of the PMO S E Rizwi citing section 8(1)(h) of the RTI ...
- Penalty for delay on RTI pleas decided on case-to-case basis, says CIC
The CPIO contended that the RTI application was received by them through the Planning Commission on February 11, 2013.
- Finance Ministry unwilling to appoint exclusive RTI officer
The Finance Ministry has five departments-- Economic Affairs, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Services and Disinvestment.