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23 Aug 2020 10:33 AM GMT
RTI Seeking Details Of Tea Shop Of PM Modi's Father: CIC Directs CPIO Western Railway To File Affidavit Stating That No Records Are Available [Read Order]
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The Central Information Commission disposed a second appeal filed by a lawyer who, through RTI, sought the details about the tea shop of Damodar Das, the father of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Two years ago, Pawan Parik, an RTI Activist and a lawyer practising in Haryana Courts, had filed an RTI application before CPIO, Western Railway, seeking information on eleven points on the tea shop said...
1 Aug 2020 6:15 AM GMT
Provide Clear, Cogent, Precise & Timely Response To RTI Applications, CIC Tells Department Of Justice [Read Order]
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The Central Information Commission has instructed the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice to provide a clear, cogent and precise response to the RTI application.Venkatesh Nayak had filed an RTI seeking photocopy of the request sent by the Government of India to Chief Justices of High Courts for ensuring due consideration to be given...
27 July 2020 5:26 AM GMT
[RTI] Wife Not Entitled To Seek Details Of Income Tax Returns Filed By Her Husband: CIC [Read Order]
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A wife is not entitled to seek the details of the Income Tax Returns filed by her husband by filing RTI application, the Central Information Commission has observed. Information Commissioner Neeraj Kumar Gupta observed that the filing of the Income Tax Returns by an individual with the Income Tax Department is not a public activity. "It is in the...
19 July 2020 5:57 AM GMT
Refusing Access To Lavasa's Dissent Undermines RTI Act And Sanctity Of Electoral Process
Yaqoob Alam
Access to information is key to a participatory democracy which enables citizens to actively participate in matters of public affairs. Enactment of RTI Act shattered the entrenched culture of secrecy carried out by our bureaucracy for years and marked a transformation into an era of transparency. Since then, we have witnessed a number of...
16 July 2020 1:07 PM GMT
'Pained To Observe That Dept. Of Legal Affairs Which Advises Ministries On Legal Matters Faulted In Recognizing The Basic Issues Pertaining To RTI Act': CIC [Read Order]
Akshita Saxena
Pained by the "callousness" of the Department of Legal Affairs in abiding by the provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005, the Central Information Commission on Wednesday instructed the authority to convene periodic conferences/ seminars to sensitize and educate its officials and ensure that they discharge their duties, effectively. ...
4 Jun 2020 7:27 AM GMT
Is The Government Really Serious About Plight Of Manual Scavengers?
Prasoon Shekhar
In this piece, I am going to talk about the miseries faced by manual scavengers. Many of them have to risk their lives for a monetary benefit to run their livelihood. Is the government really serious on this issue? I will try to discuss the same in this piece. A video of Prime Minister, Sri Narendra Modi washing the feet of five sanitation...
8 May 2020 3:07 PM GMT
CIC Rejects RTI Plea Seeking Rahul Gandhi's Religion And Passport Details [Read Order]
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The Central Information Commission has dismissed an appeal filed by an RTI applicant who had sought personal information such as religion and passport details of the Congress Leader and Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi. The following queries were made before the External Affairs Ministry by Dr. Sanjeev Goel. As the ministry refused to answer his...
28 April 2020 7:37 AM GMT
Public Authorities To Encourage Online RTI Applications In 'Life & Liberty' Matters : CIC
Mohit Kumar Gupta
The Central Information Commission has decided a complaint registered under Section 18 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (as amended from time to time and as in force) in the year 2018 against the Central Public Information Officer, University of Delhi vide its order dated 23.04.2020 . The complaint which registered on 14.08.2018 was ...
6 March 2020 8:29 AM GMT
Bimal Julka Sworn In As New Chief Information Commissioner Of CIC; Amita Pandove As Information Commissioner [Read Notifications]
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The Central government has appointed Information Commissioner and former IAS officer, Bimal Julka as the new Chief Information Commissioner of India. The government has also appointed Ms. Amita Pandove, former Member of Punjab Civil Services Commission, as an Information Commissioner in the CIC with effect from this afternoon.Both of them were...