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Dissatisfied by the same, the appellant filed the instant appeal. The respondents claimed that a response had been provided to the appellant in each point mentioned in his application. They also submitted a receipt of written submission. A copy of reply was also presented.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Commission perused Sections 2(f) and 2(j) of the RTI Act 2005 and also referred to the Supreme Court decision in<em> CBSE v. Aditya Bandopadhyay<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/jB1sa5P8\">(2011) 8 SCC 497,<\/a> wherein it was held that the reference to \u2018opinion\u2019 or \u2018advice\u2019 in the definition of \u2018information\u2019 in Section 2(f) only refers to such material as is available in the records of public authority. Further, under the Act, an applicant is entitled to get a copy of opinion, advice, circular, etc. but he cannot ask as to why such material had been passed. Since the appellant was not present to contest the submissions of the respondents, the Commission accepted the submissions made by the respondents and dismissed the appeal. [Javed Ahmed v. 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Appellant sought information regarding the photocopy of the request sent by the Government of India to Chief Justices of High\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/central_information_commission.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/central_information_commission.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/central_information_commission.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/central_information_commission.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/central_information_commission.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":276481,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/02\/central-information-commission-cpio-to-revisit-the-rti-application-seeking-information-on-group-of-ministers-report-submitted-by-former-external-affairs-minister-pranab-mukherjee\/","url_meta":{"origin":196305,"position":4},"title":"CIC directs PMO to revisit denial to disclose report on armed forces pay and allowances","author":"Editor","date":"November 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 Central Information Commission: In a second appeal filed by the appellant being dissatisfied and aggrieved by the reply furnished by the CPIO, PMO, the Chief Information Commissioner has directed the PMO (\u2018Respondent\u2019) to revisit the instant Right to Information (\u2018RTI\u2019) application considering the written submission of the appellant\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Central Information Commission","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Central-Information-Commission-1-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Central-Information-Commission-1-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Central-Information-Commission-1-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Central-Information-Commission-1-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Central-Information-Commission-1-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":214636,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/05\/14\/cic-information-sought-in-the-form-of-query-held-did-not-qualify-as-information-under-rti-act\/","url_meta":{"origin":196305,"position":5},"title":"CIC | Information sought in the form of query held did not qualify as \u2018information\u2019 under RTI Act","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"May 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Central Information Commission (CIC): Information Commissioner, Suresh Chandra, partly allowed a second appeal filed before him in an issue related to non-receipt of the information raised by the appellant through his RTI application. 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