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Denial Of Pension For Lack Of Aadhaar Linkage: CIC Seeks Explanations From Department Of Posts [Read Order]2018-03-04T20:27:16+05:30

Reacting strongly to the denial of information relating to pension by the postal authority, the Central Information Commissioner (CIC) passed an order asking explanation from the respondent authority...

File Notings By Junior Officers To Superiors Is Not Third Party Information Under RTI Act: Delhi HC [Read Order]2018-02-22T15:30:17+05:30

The Delhi High Court recently ruled that file notings made by junior officers to their seniors are not exempt from disclosure under Section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005.Justice Vibhu...

Details Of Marks In Civil Service Examination Can’t Be Disclosed Mechanically Under RTI [Read Order]2018-02-22T11:05:00+05:30

Denial Of Information For Lack Of Aadhaar Is A Serious Breach Of RTI Act: CIC [Read Order]2018-01-02T20:09:52+05:30

Delhi HC Sets Aside CIC Order Declaring Every Minister A Public Authority Under RTI Act [Read Orders]2017-12-07T13:09:05+05:30

Delhi Soccer Association Declared As A Public Authority Under The RTI Act [Read Order]2017-12-01T17:11:05+05:30

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) is a public authority under the Right to Information Act.'The Commission has no hesitation to declare...

Indian Banks Association Declared A Public Authority Under RTI Act By Full Bench of CIC [Read Orders]2017-11-22T10:25:49+05:30

A full Bench of the Central Information Commission has declared the Indian Banks Association (IBA) a public authority accountable under the Right to Information Act, 2005.Two separate opinions were...

Judge's Consent Not Necessary For Transfer: Law Ministry2017-11-16T17:13:24+05:30

In a response to a representation by Mr. Sapreet Singh Ajmani, National President of the Youth Bar Association of India (YBAI), the Law Ministry has made it clear that it is not necessary to obtain...

Judicial Proceedings & Records Can Be Accessed Through RTI: CIC [Read Order]2017-11-01T14:09:10+05:30

Judicial proceedings and records thereof are public records and the appellant has a right to secure desired information, the commission held.The Central Information Commission, in a brief order, has...

Shorthand Notebooks Are Not Part Of Judicial Record, SC Agrees With Delhi High Court2017-10-30T09:30:23+05:30

Justices J.Chelameswar and S.Abdul Nazeer of the Supreme Court, have held on October 23 that they did not see any ground to interfere with the Delhi High Court’s order on May 25, which did not favour...

2-yr Wait For RTI Info Akin To Harassment, CIC Awards Rs 5K Compensation To RTI Applicant [Read Order]2017-10-23T09:47:31+05:30

Holding that a long wait for information was akin to harassment, the Central Information Commission has awarded a compensation of Rs 5,000 to an RTI applicant, who was made to wait for two long years...

Child Rights Body Uses Privacy Clause To Refuse Info, CIC Says Nothing Private Except Children’s Names [Read Order]2017-09-27T09:58:00+05:30

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has come under severe criticism from the Central Information Commission (CIC) for maintaining secrecy about the number of complaints...

Maintain Record Of Daily Orders, Upload Within 3 Days: Delhi HC To CIC [Read Order]2017-09-25T15:31:49+05:30

The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Information Commission to maintain record of its daily orders.“The functioning of the CIC must be transparent, and it is necessary that a record of daily...

Sexual Molestation In NCW: CIC Asks Member Secretary To Look Into Commission’s Anti-RTI Attitude [Read Order]2017-09-24T11:50:11+05:30

The Central Information Commission has asked Satbir Bedi, member secretary, National Commission for Women, to look into the anti-RTI working in the organisation where a contractual research assistant...

CIC Orders Inquiry Into Notes Exchanged At Delhi Post Office Branches As RTI Reply Hints At Massive Fraud [Read Order]2017-09-19T11:34:29+05:30

The Central Information Commission has ordered an inquiry into the exchange of old currency notes after demonetisation at post office branches in Pinto Park and the Air Force area in south Delhi...

CIC Calls For Views On Bringing Parliamentary Parties Under RTI Act, Says MPs Obliged To Disclose Works, Use Of Funds Under MPLADS [Read Order]2017-08-21T10:18:06+05:30

Opining that “in principle, every legislature/parliamentary party shall be considered as public authority”, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has called for views from the BJP and other...

Upload Impugned Lower Court Orders Corresponding To Judgments On The Madras HC Website: CIC Recommends [Read Order]2017-08-17T18:58:54+05:30

The Central Information Commission has recommended Madras High Court to upload impugned orders of lower courts and tribunals corresponding to the judgments available on its website.Information...

Clarify Stand On Claims Of Taj Mahal Being A Shiva Temple: CIC Recommends Centre [Read Order]2017-08-11T17:47:35+05:30

The Central Information Commission recommended that the Ministry of Culture should clarify its stand on the conflicting claims regarding the Taj Mahal being a Shiva Temple rather than a mausoleum...

New CIC Bench To Hear Complaints Against Political Parties For Not Complying RTI, Prof. Sridhar Not In the Bench2017-08-02T22:30:02+05:30

Chief Information Commissioner RK Mathur has reconstituted a larger bench to hear complaints against six national political parties – BJP, Congress, BSP, NCP, CPI, CPM – for not complying with the...

Applicant-Jurno Has No Right To Build Pressure For Adverts By Filing RTI Pleas: CIC2017-07-28T11:33:11+05:30

While disposing of a case where the RTI applicant, the editor of a magazine, was denied a copy of complaints instituted under the Ministry of Minority Affairs against employees of Dargah committee,...

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