MPLADS Fund : CIC Recommends Legal Framework For Transparency In Fund Utilization [Read Order]

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 legal framework to bring in more accountability and transparency in the utilization of funds under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme(MPLADS).The order was passed by the...

Disclose Info On Steps Taken To Reclaim Koh-i-Noor, Tipu Sultan’s Sword, etc.: CIC To PMO, Ministry of Culture [Read Order]

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 artifacts like the Koh-i-Noor diamond and Tipu Sultan’s sword, preferably within a month.Information Commissioner Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu also...

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]

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 under RTI Act, the Central Information Commission has said while directing the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) to share marked copies of thesis to a...

Some Provisions Of Delhi District Court (Right to Information) Rules Are Not In Conformity With RTI Act: CIC [Read Order]

“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 Delhi District Court (Right to Information) Rules, the Central Information Commission observed that they are not in conformity with the Right to...

Team India Or Team BCCI? Explain Why Should BCCI Not Be Declared Public Authority Under RTI Act In Interest Of ‘Fair Cricket’ [Read Order]

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 should be made answerable and transparent in the interest of fair cricket and a fair selection of Indian cricket team members.“…the Commission directs the...

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]

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 (CIC) has directed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to spell out the efforts it has been making to bring back...

“Tell The Nation” What Happened To Lal Bahadur Shastri, CIC Tells PMO, MEA, MHA [Read Order]

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 of India’s second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri till recent times, the Central Information Commission has directed the PMO, the Ministry of...

Disclosure Of ‘Operation Blue Star’ Records Not Prudent At A Time When The Nation Is Rife With Instances Of Invariable Intolerance Amongst Communities: CIC [Read Order]

The subject matter of the information sought pertains to an Operation of Indian Army which purportedly led to such communal paraphernalia that later assumed cataclysmic proportions, stretching beyond the time period of its being, the CIC observedThe Central Information Commission recently upheld rejection of RTI plea seeking information all files...

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

When will Rs. 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. Queries with regard...

Payment Of Pension Can’t Be Delayed In The Name Of Linking To Aadhaar, Says CIC [Read Order]

Even if linking with Aadhaar is necessary, it should not result in delaying the payment of pension or denial of information regarding pension, said Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu.The Central Information Commission has observed that the public authority cannot delay the payment of pensions to the senior citizens and retired employees in the name of...

Central Information Commission Issues Notice To Its Own CPIO For Failure To Furnish Information [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission (CIC) last week issued notice to its own CPIO for his failure to provide information on a Right to Information application.The interim order was passed by Information Commissioner Divya Prakash Sinha on a complaint filed by Mr. R.K. Jain who had sought copies of the dak inward/ outward register, communications...

Performance Of Information Commissions In India: 1.81L Pendency, Mere Rs 4.41cr Penalty Imposed In One Year, Annual Reports Not On Websites [Read Report]

An assessment of various Information Commissions in India has revealed a pendency of 1,99,186 appeals and complaints at the end of October 2017 in 23 commissions with many functioning with reduced manpower in states like Kerala, where a lone Commissioner is running the show with a pendency of 14,000 appeals/complaints.The revelation has been made...