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Central Info Commissioner Should Have The Status Of Chief Election Commissioner; Do Not Select Bureaucrats Only For The Post: SC15 Feb 2019 5:28 AM GMTThe 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...
No Clarity On Pay & Tenure Of Information Commissioners, As Centre's Notification Is Silent6 Jan 2019 7:15 AM GMT
After delaying filling up of vacancies in the Central Information Commission for long, the Centre has notified four more vacancies of Information Commissioners on Friday.Curiously, reference to the...
Sudhir Bhargava Takes Charge As CIC Chief2 Jan 2019 5:19 AM GMT
Mr. Sudhir Bhargava took oath as the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission (CIC) on Tuesday.He was administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind at a...
President Clears Appointment Of Four Information Commissioners In CIC30 Dec 2018 5:55 PM GMT
The Centre, on Saturday, appointed four new Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission (CIC), which has been functioning with only three Information Commissioners as against a...
CIC Sridhar Acharyulu Retires After A Proactive Term As RTI Custodian21 Nov 2018 2:57 PM GMT
'It is undeniable that his tenure has strengthened the RTI regime, shaping it as a powerful tool to ensure constitutional governance'Professor M Sridhar Acharyulu(also known Madabhushi Sridhar) has...
Disclosure of Loan Defaulters' List : CIC Should Ensure Compliance By RBI, Acharyulu Writes To Chief Information Commissioner [Read Letter]20 Nov 2018 10:08 AM GMT
The outgoing Central Information Commissioner Prof.M. Sridhar Acharyulu has written to the Chief Information Commissioner R K Mathur making a fervent plea that CIC should take steps to make the...
PMO & RBI Should Reveal Information On Willful Defaulters & Raghuram Rajan's Letter : CIC [Read Order]20 Nov 2018 3:27 AM GMT
The Central Information Commission has directed the Reserve Bank of India and the Prime Minister's Office to disclose information on list of willful defaulters and action taken on the ‘alerting...
Bar Council Of Delhi CPIO Fails To Provide Info On Missing RTI Section From Website; CIC Slaps Rs. 5,000 Penalty19 Oct 2018 1:59 PM GMT
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has imposed a penalty of Rs. 5,000 on the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) for delaying supply of information to an...
60% Of Denials By Information Commissioners Have Been In Violation Of RTI Act: Study Finds16 Oct 2018 5:35 AM GMT
Non-imposition of penalties under the Right to Information Act by Information Commissioners (ICs) is causing an estimated loss of Rs.203 crores annually, a recent research has found.The research was...
![MPLADS Fund : CIC Recommends Legal Framework For Transparency In Fund Utilization [Read Order]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Madabushi-Sreedhar.jpg "MPLADS Fund : CIC Recommends Legal Framework For Transparency In Fund Utilization [Read Order]")
MPLADS Fund : CIC Recommends Legal Framework For Transparency In Fund Utilization [Read Order]17 Sep 2018 6:03 AM GMT
It is sad that law makers of the nation did not make law for their own MPLADSThe Central Information Commission has recommended the Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman to issue appropriate...
![Disclose Info On Steps Taken To Reclaim Koh-i-Noor, Tipu Sultan’s Sword, etc.: CIC To PMO, Ministry of Culture [Read Order]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Madabhushi-Sridhar-Interview-min.jpg "Disclose Info On Steps Taken To Reclaim Koh-i-Noor, Tipu Sultan’s Sword, etc.: CIC To PMO, Ministry of Culture [Read Order]")
Disclose Info On Steps Taken To Reclaim Koh-i-Noor, Tipu Sultan’s Sword, etc.: CIC To PMO, Ministry of Culture [Read Order]28 Aug 2018 1:17 PM GMT
The Central Information Commission (CIC) recently directed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Ministry of Culture to intimate an RTI applicant about the efforts taken by it to reclaim ancient...
![Ph.D. Scholar Alleges Thesis Plagiarism By Prof-Guide Of M.Phil: CIC Orders Indian Statistical Institute To Share Marked Copies Of Thesis With Complainant [Read Order]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/copy-paste.jpg "Ph.D. Scholar Alleges Thesis Plagiarism By Prof-Guide Of M.Phil: CIC Orders Indian Statistical Institute To Share Marked Copies Of Thesis With Complainant [Read Order]")
Ph.D. Scholar Alleges Thesis Plagiarism By Prof-Guide Of M.Phil: CIC Orders Indian Statistical Institute To Share Marked Copies Of Thesis With Complainant [Read Order]30 July 2018 7:24 AM GMT
When a Professor-guide himself is accused of infringing copyright of a student-scholar, such a scholar has right to complain, right to know and Right to Information about the action on the complaint...
![Some Provisions Of Delhi District Court (Right to Information) Rules Are Not In Conformity With RTI Act: CIC [Read Order]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Right-to-Information-Act-RTI-Act-min.jpg "Some Provisions Of Delhi District Court (Right to Information) Rules Are Not In Conformity With RTI Act: CIC [Read Order]")
Some Provisions Of Delhi District Court (Right to Information) Rules Are Not In Conformity With RTI Act: CIC [Read Order]20 July 2018 4:38 AM GMT
“One wonders, what queries other than relating to its primary functioning of the administration of justice could be put to the PIO of a Court of Law.”Taking note of some ‘exemption’ provisions of...
![Team India Or Team BCCI? Explain Why Should BCCI Not Be Declared Public Authority Under RTI Act In Interest Of ‘Fair Cricket’ [Read Order]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/BCCI.jpg "Team India Or Team BCCI? Explain Why Should BCCI Not Be Declared Public Authority Under RTI Act In Interest Of ‘Fair Cricket’ [Read Order]")
Team India Or Team BCCI? Explain Why Should BCCI Not Be Declared Public Authority Under RTI Act In Interest Of ‘Fair Cricket’ [Read Order]12 July 2018 2:48 PM GMT
The Central Information Commission has asked the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India to explain why it should not be declared a public authority under the RTI Act while opining that it...
![People Legitimately Expect Antiquities Like Koh-i-Noor To Be Brought Back, Says CIC; Asks PMO, MEA To Share Steps It’s Taking [Read Order]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Kohinoor.jpg "People Legitimately Expect Antiquities Like Koh-i-Noor To Be Brought Back, Says CIC; Asks PMO, MEA To Share Steps It’s Taking [Read Order]")
People Legitimately Expect Antiquities Like Koh-i-Noor To Be Brought Back, Says CIC; Asks PMO, MEA To Share Steps It’s Taking [Read Order]4 Jun 2018 7:36 AM GMT
Holding that hopeful people legitimately expect Pre-Independence era artifacts like Koh-i-Noor diamond, Shah Jahan’s wine cup etc., to be brought back to India, the Central Information Commission...
![“Tell The Nation” What Happened To Lal Bahadur Shastri, CIC Tells PMO, MEA, MHA [Read Order]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Lal-Bahadur-Shastri.jpg "“Tell The Nation” What Happened To Lal Bahadur Shastri, CIC Tells PMO, MEA, MHA [Read Order]")
“Tell The Nation” What Happened To Lal Bahadur Shastri, CIC Tells PMO, MEA, MHA [Read Order]14 May 2018 1:10 PM GMT
Acharyulu says people have legitimate expectation to know truth about death of their beloved leader, orders Raj Narain inquiry report to be traced With doubts being raised over the mysterious death...
