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PM-led panel to meet on Dec 10 to select chief information commissioner: Centre to SCThe Centre informed the Supreme Court that a panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet on December 10 to select candidates for th...
SC directs immediate filling of posts in central, state information bodiesThe Supreme Court of India has directed the Centre to quickly fill vacancies in the Central Information Commission and State Information Co...
Supreme Court asks Centre, states to expedite steps to fill vacancies in CIC, SICsThe Supreme Court addressed vacancies in the Central and State Information Commissions, urging prompt appointments to uphold the Right to I...
PM CARES Fund: HC seeks IT's stand on plea against order setting aside CIC directionThe Delhi High Court has sought the Income Tax department's response on an appeal challenging the disclosure of information about the PM CA...
Give on stamp paper you disclosed all info on electoral bonds under RTI, CIC tells ECThe case originates from an RTI query filed by activist Commodore Lokesh Batra (Retd) who had sought from the Election Commission the compl...
Is Right to Information regime losing steam in its 16th year?The RTI Act is a sunshine legislation meant to eradicate corruption and promote transparency. In its 16th year, information commissions urg...
Ex-info commissioner alleges legal intimidation of CIC by government; seeks President interventionThe RBI has also challenged another order of the CIC on July 4 in which CPIO of RBI was issued show cause notice by Information Commissione...
CIC to defend commissioners slapped with cases for ordersAppellants have filed personal cases against information commissioners in high courts for decisions taken in their official capacity, inclu...
CIC asks Registrar General of India to change its data collection procedureInformation Commissioner Yashovardhan Azad, in an important order, issued directives to make changes in the software and practices of the R...
Activists seek SC mediation amid soaring vacancies at info panelsRTI activists Anjali Bhardwaj, Amrita Johri and Lokesh Batra have approached Supreme Court seeking judicial intervention to straighten out ...
- Inform undertrials when they will be released: CIC
The CIC order has come on the plea of an RTI applicant who had sought information from Tihar Jail authorities whether Undertrial Review Com...
Cabinet papers cannot be withheld from public: Central Information CommissionCIC has directed the Law Ministry to disclose the Cabinet note about the decision to establish a National Judicial Appointments Commission.
RTI norms: CIC to hear complaints against 6 political partiesThe parties neither challenged the order by approaching a High Court nor any amendment was brought before the Parliament to make changes in...
Government can function without leader of opposition: Venkaiah Naidu"It is beyond my jurisdiction," Naidu said when reporters persisted with the query on whether the government would go without a LoP.
CPI seeks time till elections to set up RTI mechanismCPI General Secretary S Sudhakar Reddy said, "We are requesting the CIC to give us time till the elections as we are busy with the election...
Important to keep practical control of RTI objectives: Salman KhurshidUnion Minister Salman Khurshid today said it is important to keep a practical control of RTI objectives as they cannot be allowed to "run r...
- DoPT seeks legal advice on Supreme Court's verdict on info panel
DoPT has sought advice on SC verdict making it mandatory for hearings in CICs and SICs to be carried out by people with judicial background...
Central, state information commissions to be headed by senior judges: Supreme CourtSC order observes that info commissions perform quasi-judicial functions and “appointments of legally qualified, judicially trained and exp...
- Info held by CJI can’t be made public: Apex court
Bringing appointment, transfer of judges under RTI will hit judiciary independence, says SC.
- Recruitment, promotion issues should not be confidential: CIC
Public sector enterprises are liable to provide reasons for their administrative decisions on matters related to employees' promotion if an...