RTI PLEA
Cash row: SC rejects RTI plea for in-house panel report, CJI's letter to President, PM
The Supreme Court has denied an RTI request for the report on Justice Yashwant Varma, which investigated cash discovery allegations. The application also sought communication between the CJI and the President/Prime Minister. Citing confidentiality and parliamentary privilege, the court rejected the request.
Extraction of water through illegal borewells not less than sin: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has strongly criticized the illegal extraction of water through borewells, likening it to a sin and warning of a potential water crisis similar to Johannesburg. The court was hearing a plea regarding illegal borewells at a construction site and has ordered a joint survey by MCD, DJB, and local police officials.
Can show PM Modi's degree to court, not strangers: Delhi University tells High Court
Delhi University agreed to show Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degree records to the Delhi High Court, but refused disclosure under RTI. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that disclosing such information would breach privacy and serve no public interest. The court reserved its verdict on the plea challenging a CIC order for inspection of records.
SC seeks response of 11 states on plea seeking setting up of RTI portals
The Supreme Court has asked 11 states, including Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand, to respond to a plea alleging they have not set up RTI portals as mandated by a 2023 judgment. The court noted that even existing portals do not meet accessibility standards and issued notices returnable on October 21.
Study reveals worrying picture of waiting time at information commissions
The report is based on an analysis of information accessed under RTI Act from 29 information commissions across India. A total of 145 RTI applications were filed with state information commissions and Central Information Commission (CIC).
Hockey India moves HC challenging CIC order to disclose list of members, employee salaries under RTI Act
The matter came up before Justice Rekha Palli who asked the counsels for Hockey India, the RTI applicant and the Centre to place on records the documents being relied upon by them and listed the plea for further hearing on Thursday.
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SC seeks response of Centre, RBI on plea of PNB against disclosure of info under RTI
Banks are aggrieved by the notices issued by the RBI to them under Section 11(1) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act asking them to part with information pertaining to their inspection reports and risk assessment.
Suppliers struggling to match Centre's order for Remidesivir, ventilators: Reply to RTI plea
Out of 43,979 ventilators supplied to various anti-Covid facilities, only 38,958 have been installed, the reply to the plea under the Right to Information Act added.
HC asks I&B Ministry to probe display of activists' details on website
A bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Milind Jadhav also asked the I&B Ministry to consider Gokhale's petition as a representation and place the inquiry report before the high court within three months.
CIC dismisses 141 RTI pleas filed by one person against Delhi LG office on ground of 'irrelevance'
The LG's office represented by noted RTI activist Subhash Agrawal said the applications have been replied to or transferred to the concerned authorities after intimating the applicant.
Plea to declare PM CARES Fund as a 'public authority' under RTI not maintainable: PMO to HC
The high court was hearing a plea by Samyak Gangwal challenging a June 2 order of the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), PMO, refusing to provide documents sought by him on the ground that PM Cares Fund is not a public authority under the RTI Act.
SC questions Centre over vacancies at CIC and SICs, seeks reply
The top court expressed annoyance during the hearing of a plea seeking immediate filling up of posts of information commissions in the CIC and in SICs and said the "government has to do something".
Supreme Court caps RTI fees at Rs 50, Rs 5 for photocopying
Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan appearing for the petitioners Common Cause alleged that the higher fees would disincentivise information-seekers.
Junior-to-senior file notings no longer secret
Unless such notings are secret or protected by any other law, these can’t be treated as third party information under clause 11 of RTI Act, the Delhi High Court clarified in a recent ruling.
9.8 lakh RTIs filed last year, but 40 per cent of them junked
Four out of every 10 RTI pleas were rejected on mysterious grounds, according to the central information commission's annual report made public on Friday.
CIC ruling: Cabinet Secretariat to disclose details of agenda under RTI Act
In a pro-disclosure order, chief information commissioner R K Mathur has directed Cabinet Secretariat to disclose all agenda items under the RTI Act once the meetings are over.
Political parties can't be under RTI Act: Centre tells Supreme Court
When the RTI Act was enacted, it was never visualised that politicial parties would be brought within the ambit of the transparency law, DoPT said.
MEA draws flak by declining information on Lalit Modi's passport issue
Responding to an RTI plea containing seven questions, the MEA said, while a part of the queries did not come under the purview of the transparency law.
CIC issues notice to Sonia Gandhi for not responding to RTI plea
Alleging "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 information
Disposing 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 weeks.
Delhi High Court accuses Sonia Gandhi of not abiding by CIC directive
The 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: Government
The government is not supposed to conduct ‘research’ on behalf of the citizen in response to Right to Information (RTI) pleas by way of deducing a conclusion from available material.
CIC rejects Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict's RTI plea
CIC has turned down the RTI plea of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict AG Perarivalan.
CBI claims exemption from disclosing corruption info under RTI
Ironically, the information which CBI wanted to withhold on this RTI plea has been disclosed by Ministry of Personnel to Parliament members.
Constitution doesn't permit 'Father of the Nation' title: Home Ministry
Mahatma Gandhi cannot be accorded the 'Father of the Nation' title by government as the Constitution does not permit any titles except educational and military ones, the Home Ministry has said.
Supreme Court order leads to RTI logjam across states
The Supreme Court's order mandating the appointment of a judicial member and an expert to hear RTI-related cases, has crippled functioning of one-fourth of the country's 28 information commissions.
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?
Congress' RTI plea on Nano incentives
Congress has filed RTI plea seeking details of incentives for Nano.
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 filed in the regional passport offices within a month.
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