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Disclosure of inspection reports of the law colleges in public domain will benefit students: CIC to BCI

Central Information Commission (CIC): Saroj Punhani, Information Commissioner addressed a matter with regard to the disclosure of the inspection reports of the

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CIC | Information re officers carrying out orders of Govt. can be redacted by CPIO under RTI Act: CIC in matter concerning Aadhar seeding with bank accounts

Central Information Commission (CIC): Suresh Chandra, (Commissioner) held that “Section 10 RTI Act reveals that the power of severing the information disclosable

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CIC | Open Government can be realised only if all public offices comply with proactive disclosure norms

Central Information Commission (CIC): Bimal Julka, Chief Information Commissioner, noted that the RTI application seeking very pertinent information with regard to COVID-19 pandemic

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Right to Information appeals can be filed locally in the Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, who is also the MoS In-Charge Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT), which is the nodal department

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Stay on CIC order directing payment of compensation for extra detention

Delhi High Court: The Single Bench of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. has stayed the order of Central Information Commission, whereby, it has directed the

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Ministry of Rural Development directed to disclose records relating to promulgation of the RFCTLARR (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014

Central Information Commission (CIC): CIC has directed Department of Land Resources (Ministry of Rural Development) to disclose the records relating to the promulgation

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Delhi Government must consider forming a uniform policy of providing compensation to families of government employees

Central Information Commission (CIC): CIC has directed Chief Minister Office, Delhi to provide all relevant documents before the Chief Minister to facilitate him

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Bhagyanagar Gas Ltd. is not a public authority under the RTI Act

Central Information Commission (CIC): CIC has held that Bhagyanagar Gas Ltd., which is a joint venture company constituted with participation of GAIL India

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Misuse of RTI amounts to misconduct and invites disciplinary action

Central Information Commission (CIC): While declaring an RTI applicant as misuser of social media and RTI, CIC warned him to stop misusing the

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Voice transcripts/CDR of a subscriber fall under the category of personal information

Central Information Commission (CIC): “Voice transcripts/CDR of a subscriber fall under the category of personal information and cannot be disclosed to third

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Director, General Health Services, Haryana show caused for non-compliance of earlier orders of CIC

Central Information Commission (CIC): While coming down heavily upon Director, General Health Services, Haryana for non-compliance of earlier orders of CIC, the

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Public Information Officers and Appellate Authorities must mention their names in the replies to RTI applications

Central Information Commission (CIC): While taking note of the fact that CPIOs failed to mention their name in the replies to RTI applications, CIC reiterated that CPIOs and FAAs should mention their name, address, telephone and fax number in all correspondence on RTI matters. CIC