Employee wins Rs 50,000 compensation from EPFO for 10-year delay in processing EPF transfer claimThe Chandigarh Consumer Commission ruled that the EPFO cannot use software issues as an excuse for a decade-long delay in transferring an e...
India denies RTI on Russia oil import data, cites strategic and commercial confidentialityInformation on Russian oil imports to India is being withheld. The Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell cited commercial and confidential r...
Excise policy: Delhi HC judge Swarana K Sharma refuses to recuse, rejects Kejriwal's pleaJustice Swarana Kanta Sharma rejected pleas for her recusal from the Delhi liquor-policy case. She stated litigants cannot judge judges wit...
Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on PIL challenging provisions of digital personal data protection lawThe Supreme Court has asked the Centre to respond to a petition. The petition challenges parts of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act,...
SC seeks response of 11 states on plea seeking setting up of RTI portalsThe Supreme Court has asked 11 states, including Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand, to respond to a plea alleging they have not set up RTI porta...
Study reveals worrying picture of waiting time at information commissionsThe report is based on an analysis of information accessed under RTI Act from 29 information commissions across India. A total of 145 RTI a...
SC questions Centre over vacancies at CIC and SICs, seeks replyThe top court expressed annoyance during the hearing of a plea seeking immediate filling up of posts of information commissions in the CIC ...
9.8 lakh RTIs filed last year, but 40 per cent of them junkedFour out of every 10 RTI pleas were rejected on mysterious grounds, according to the central information commission's annual report made pu...
CIC issues notice to Sonia Gandhi for not responding to RTI pleaAlleging "non-action" on his complaint, Jain approached the Delhi High Court seeking directions for the CIC to take action on his plea.
RTI: Supreme Court asks Centre, states to set up electronic mechanism for providing informationDisposing of a PIL SC said the plea be treated as a representation by the states and Union Territories and a decision be taken within three...
Delhi High Court accuses Sonia Gandhi of not abiding by CIC directiveThe High Court on Wednesday issued directions on a petition accusing her of failure to abide by a Central Information Commission directive.
Right to Information not for research: GovernmentThe government is not supposed to conduct ‘research’ on behalf of the citizen in response to Right to Information (RTI) pleas by way of ded...
CIC rejects Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict's RTI pleaCIC has turned down the RTI plea of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict AG Perarivalan.
CBI claims exemption from disclosing corruption info under RTIIronically, the information which CBI wanted to withhold on this RTI plea has been disclosed by Ministry of Personnel to Parliament members.
- SC: RTI Act doesn't apply to judgments
Can a judge be asked under the Right to Information (RTI) Act as to why and how he came to a particular conclusion in a judgment?
- Set up system to process RTI in passport offices: CIC
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Centre to set up a regular system of processing Right to Information applications...
- Legislature should insulate RTI from being misused
The legislature should take steps to insulate the Right to Information Act from being misused by people facing inquiries and investigations...