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Kerala HC Rejets Petitions Challenging Appointment of CIC(25.03.2016)
Kerala High Court has rejected petitions challenging process of appointment of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioners in t.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Chief Information Commissioner
CIC Asks Intelligence Bureau: Why Report on Whistleblower Not Been Made Public(30.03.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued notice to Intelligence Bureau, an organisation exempted from transparency law except in some cases, as.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , whistleblower, Intelligence Bureau
CIC Issues Notice to HRD Ministry over IGNOU Probe(31.03.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued a showcause notice to Ministry of Human Resource Development and Public Information Officer (PIO) for .....
Tags : Central Information Commission , IGNOU
CIC: Bar Councils Come Under RTI(31.03.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that bar associations are constituted under a law made by Parliament and therefore come under Right to .....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Bar Councils
Delhi HC to CIC: Maintain Daily Order Sheet(01.04.2016)
Delhi High Court has directed Central Information Commission (CIC) to maintain daily order sheets following complaints that while appellants' contenti.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Central Information Commission
CIC Slams Environment Ministry for Not Disclosing an Intelligence Bureau Report(01.04.2016)
Central Information Commissioner (CIC) has given show-cause notice to environment ministry for not disclosing an Intelligence Bureau (IB) report which.....
Tags : Central Information Commissioner , Intelligence Bureau Report
CIC Seeks Information on Declassification of Files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose(12.08.2015)
Chief Information Commissioner has asked Prime Minister's Office to furnish all documents relating to declassification of files on Netaji Subhas Chand.....
Tags : Chief Information Commissioner , Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
CIC Slams JKP on Refusal to Give Info About SOPs(18.08.2015)
Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) GR Sufi has directed Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) to reveal information, slamming forces over refusal to disclo.....
Tags : Chief Information Commissioner,Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP)
CIC Seeks Report on Sale of Illicit Tobacco Trading Inside Tihar(18.08.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Tihar Jail Authorities to inquire and submit a report before it within three months on alleged illi.....
Tags : Central Information Commission,Tihar
CIC Suggests Declaration of Threat of Honour Killing in Marriage Form(12.08.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has suggested to Central and State Governments to include a declaration by couple who intend to have a court marr.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Honour Killing
CIC Asks Govt. to Reveal Bio-Safety Data on GM Mustard Trials(16.08.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Environment Ministry to reveal safety data regarding trials of Genetically Modified (GM) mustard wit.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , GM Mustard Trials
CIC: Duly Consider Public Interest While Deciding RTI on ITR(16.08.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Income Tax department to "duly consider the larger public interest" while responding to an RTI requ.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Income Tax department
CIC Raps MoEF for Withholding Information on K'taka Grasslands Issue(29.10.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has rapped Environment Ministry for withholding information related to construction work in ecologically- sensiti.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Environment Ministry
CCI Dismisses Complaints against Jaypee Group(29.10.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has dismissed five complaints against Jaypee Group entities Jaiprakash Associates and Jaypee Infratech which had .....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Jaypee Group
CCI Rejects Complaint against Karnataka Government(29.10.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has rejected allegations of unfair business practices made against Karnataka government and non-profit group Kann.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Karnataka Government
Delhi High Court Directs Centre to Fill Up CIC, IC Posts in Six Weeks(09.11.2015)
Delhi HC has directed Centre to fill up vacant posts of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioners (IC) within six weeks.
Tags : Delhi HC, Centre , Chief Information Commissioner
CIC Rejects Plea Seeking Inquiry Report of Collision & Sinking of INS Vindhyagiri(24.10.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has rejected a plea of providing inquiry / investigation report of collision and sinking of INS Vindhyagiri, whic.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, INS Vindhyagiri
Bombay HC Rules ‘Chief Information Commissioner May Transfer Information Commissioner under RTI Act’(25.10.2016)
Bombay High Court has held that State Chief Information Commissioner has powers under Right to Information Act (RTI) to transfer State Information Com.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Right to Information Act , Information Commissioner
CIC: Don’t Make Information Public in Mediation Proceedings in Domestic Disputes(26.11.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that information related to mediation proceedings in domestic disputes should not be made public, as ca.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, domestic disputes
CCI Rejects Complaint against Symantec Corp(26.11.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has rejected allegations of anti-competitive business practices made against anti-virus software maker Symantec C.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Symantec Corp.
CIC Seeks Details of Mining Lease and Orders File Inspection(04.12.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ordered Indian Bureau of Mines to disclose the plans submitted by private entities seeking mining lease.
Tags : Central Information Commission , Mining Lease
CIC Issues Notice to CBSE Officials for Denying Information to Student on Class XII Papers(04.12.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued a show cause notice to two CBSE (Patna) officials for denying a student his answer-sheet by imposing i.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , CBSE
Gujarat HC Rejects Plea Seeking Direction to Furnish Details on Jailbreak under RTI(15.11.2016)
Gujarat High Court has turned down an appeal seeking direction to Chief Information Commissioner to ask Government to furnish details on 2013 jailbrea.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Chief Information Commissioner, jailbreak, RTI
Delhi HC Stays CIC’s 2012 Order to Disclose Institutional Donors Details to PMNRF(16.11.2016)
Delhi High Court has stayed operation of a 2012 order passed by Central Information Commission (CIC) asking Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMN.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Central Information Commission, Prime Minister's National Relief Fund
CIC Directs Army to Share Macchil Encounter Info(17.11.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Army to provide details to an RTI applicant about Court Martial of five soldiers in fake encounter o.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, RTI, Macchil Encounter, Army
Central Information Commission Asks if Subsidy was Given to Medanta Hospital(27.01.2016)
Central Information Commission has directed the Centre and Haryana Government to inform it that whether the private hospital Medanta Medicity was give.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Medanta Medicity Hospital
CIC Pulls Up Delhi CM Office Over Senior Citizen's Pension Issue(28.01.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has pulled up Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for not applying its mind before transferring petition of a se.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Senior Citizen's Pension Issue
CIC Asks Centre and Haryana, Medanta was Given Subsidy in Land Allotment or Not(29.01.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Centre and Haryana Government to disclose if private hospital Medanta was given any subsidy or conce.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Centre, Medanta
CIC to AMU: Remove Inequality in Re-Check of Supplementary Papers(01.02.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked Executive Council of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to make appropriate changes in process of re—evalu.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Aligarh Muslim University
CIC: No Need to Disclose Records Related to Dorje’s Visit(02.02.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) , while observing that disclosure of documents related to visit of Ogyen Trinley Dorje to Sikkim can adversly aff.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Ogyen Trinley Dorje
CIC: PM’s Travel Bills Can’t be Disclosed for Security Concerns(13.01.2017)
Central Information Commission has held that procedure involved in raising bills for chartered flights for Prime Minister's visit abroad cannot be dis.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Prime Minister, Travel Bills
CIC to Govt.: Ensure Officers' APAR Finalised Within Time Frame(26.02.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Health Ministry to ensure that Annual Performance Appraisal Reports (APAR) are finalised within give.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Annual Performance Appraisal Reports
Kerala HC Seeks Records on CIC Appointments(01.03.2016)
Kerala High Court has directed State Government to produce records pertaining to proposed appointment of former DGP Vinson M Paul as Chief Information.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Chief Information Commissioner
Delhi High Court Asks CIC to Evolve a Procedure to Avoid Any Confusion(04.03.2016)
Delhi High Court has asked Registry of the Central Information Commission (CIC) to evolve a procedure by which applications against non-compliance of .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Central Information Commission
CIC Directs CBSE to Permit Inspection of Smriti Irani’s School Records(18.01.2017)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to permit examination of Textiles Minister Smriti Irani'.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Smriti Irani, School Records
Delhi HC Stays CIC’s Order on PM Modi DU Degree Case(24.01.2017)
Delhi High Court has stayed an order of Central Information Commission (CIC) that directed Delhi University to allow inspection of records of all stud.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Central Information Commission, PM, Modi, DU
CIC: Donations Received By Electoral Trusts And Its Distribution Thereof Not Personal Information(25.01.2017)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has said that details of donation received by Electoral Trusts and their further distribution to political partie.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Donations, Electoral Trust
Delhi HC Stays CIC Order Directing Tihar Authority, Govt to Compensate Convict(30.01.2017)
Delhi High Court has stayed order of Central Information Commission (CIC) directing Tihar Jail Authorities and Delhi Government to compensate a convic.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Central Information Commission, Tihar Jail
CIC Brings Maha Ministers under Ambit of RTI(28.09.2015)
Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Maharashtra, Ratnakar Gaikwad, has brought offices of all ministers, ministers of state under the ambit of th.....
Tags : Chief Information Commissioner ,ministers,RTI
CIC to Forest Authorities: Whether Forest Clearance Granted to Polavaram Project(01.10.2015)
Central Information Commissioner (CIC) has ordered Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to inform whether forest rights of tribal people were rec.....
Tags : Central Information Commissioner,Union Ministry of Environment and Forests
CIC Orders Indian Navy to Make Public, Report on Lt Cdr Rahul Nair Death(28.09.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ordered Indian Navy to make public the inquiry report on death of Lt Cdr Rahul Nair during a 2010 air show ev.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Indian Navy, Lt Cdr Rahul Nair
Central Information Commission Kendriya Bhandar within the Purview of RTI Act(03.10.2016)
Central Information Commission has declared Government Employees' Cooperative Society Kendriya Bhandar to be a public authority under the Right to Inf.....
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Central Information Commission Slams Income Tax ‘Informer’ for Using RTI to Earn Incentives(03.10.2016)
Central Information Commission has admonished a Right to Information (RTI) applicant who was allegedly seeking massive information from the Income Tax.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, RTI, Income Tax Department
Central Information Commission: Officers However High Not Above RTI Act(18.07.2017)
Central Information Commission has treated Chief Vigilance Officer of Employees State Insurance Company (ESIC) as its deemed PIO, and issued him a sho.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, RTI Act
CIC Slams Environment Ministry over its Response on Indira Sagar Polavaram Project(21.09.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has slammed Environment Ministry for its repeated response of "files not traceable" on key projects as it ordered.....
Tags : Central Information Commission,Environment Ministry
CIC Issues Summon to Secretary to L-G over RTI on Tax Fraud(22.09.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) while taking serious view of how an RTI application was handled by Lieutenant Governor secretariat, Information C.....
Tags : Central Information Commission,RTI on Tax Fraud
CIC Asks PMO to be Cautious over Delay in Reply to RTI Queries(15.09.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has cautioned the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to adopt “due seriousness” in handling of Right to Information ap.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , PMO
CIC Slaps Max Penalty for Denying Information on Illegal Constructions Near Taj Mahal(06.06.2017)
Central Information Commissioner has imposed maximum penalty of Rs. 25,000 on two officials of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for failing to pro.....
Tags : Central Information Commissioner, Taj Mahal
CIC to Sports Ministry: Is BCCI a National Sports Federation?(12.06.2017)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has questioned status of BCCI, asking Sports Ministry to clarify if it is a national sports federation.
Tags : Central Information Commission, BCCI
CIC Asks Government to List Records of all Leased Properties(12.06.2017)
Central Information Commission has directed government to compile records of all properties leased out by government, including prime properties lease.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Leased Properties
CIC: Impediment in Self Defence in Penal Proceedings is Violation of Human Rights(29.06.2018)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that it is the human right of a person accused of sexual harassment in his capacity as a citizen and acc.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Human Rights
CIC: Ministers Answerable Under RTI(14.03.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that Ministers in Union and State Cabinets are “public authorities” liable to answer public questions a.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Ministers, RTI
CIC Junks Need Of Hard Copies For Online Appeals(16.03.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has done away with the mandatory provision of sending signed hard copy of appeals through post even though the ap.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Online Appeals
CIC Seeks Reply from MP, MLA as to Why They Should Not be Declared "Public Authority"(17.03.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued show cause notices to a BJP MP and a Nagaland MLA, in separate cases, seeking their explanation why th.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , RTI Act
CIC Seeks CM's Reply over Address Change RTI(21.03.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked Kejriwal to respond to this RTI query, which sought to know how he was allowed to change his address du.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Kejriwal
Delhi HC Notices AAP Govt Over Non Implementation of CIC Order on Environ Cost(01.02.2017)
Delhi High Court has sought response of Delhi Government on why it has not complied with a 2011 Central Information Commission (CIC) order to display .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Central Information Commission, environmental cost
Gujarat HC Seeks State’s Reply Over Appointment of CIC(02.02.2017)
Gujarat High Court has sought State Government's reply on a PIL seeking transparency in process for selection of next Chief Information Commissioner (.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court , Chief Information Commissioner
Appointment of Information Commissioners: SC Asks Centre to Disclose Info on Shortlisted Candidates(26.12.2018)
Supreme Court has directed Centre as well as States to disclose information pertaining to shortlisted candidates and the criteria being following for .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Information Commissioners
CIC Denies Disclosure of Assets & Liabilities of SEBI Chairman(14.06.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that disclosure of assets and liabilities of SEBI Chairman Sinha is "likely to cause unwarranted invasi.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , SEBI
CIC Lifts ‘Iron Curtain’ over the Kerala Cabinet’s Decisions(23.06.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC), Kerala, has asked State Government to provide, in ten days, details of agendas and minutes regarding controversi.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Government, Kerala Cabinet
CIC Directs Issue of Notices in Names of the-then Chiefs of Political Parties(24.06.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed its Registrar to issue fresh notices in the names of the then Chiefs of political parties after acti.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Sonia Gandhi
CIC Directs Rural Development Ministry to Disclose Land Acquisition Ordinance(28.06.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has given a pro-disclosure order and directed Rural Development Ministry to divulge Cabinet note, file notings an.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Rural Development Ministry
CIC Rules Out Mandatory Video Conferencing for Officials Outside Delhi(29.06.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled out making public authorities based outside Delhi compulsorily avail of video-conferencing in hearings .....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Mandatory Video Conferencing
RIGHT TO INFORMATION - EVMs are 'Information' Under RTI Act: CIC(25.02.2019)
Central Information Commission has ruled that an Electronic Voting Machine is “information” under Right to Information Act and can be demanded by an a.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, RTI Act, Electronic Voting Machine
CIC to DU: Give Information on Law Admissions(05.05.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Delhi University (DU) to provide information on admission of students to first-year of law degree co.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Delhi University
CIC: Notaries Law Need to be Amended(05.05.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has recommended to Law Ministry to amend law of notaries and update notaries system leaving no scope for falsific.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Notaries Law , Law Ministry
CIC Issues Fresh Notice to Sonia Gandhi in RTI Matter(09.05.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued a fresh notice to Congress President Sonia Gandhi to explain her case before its Full Bench on allegat.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Sonia Gandhi
CIC: Disclose File Notings of MHA Order on LG Powers(09.05.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Ministry Of Home Affairs (MHA) to disclose all file notings related to the controversial notificatio.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Ministry Of Home Affairs
CIC: Make Public Godse’s Statement in Bapu’s Assassination Trial(20.02.2017)
Central Information Commissioner (CIC) has ruled that statement of Nathuram Godse, along with other relevant records related to assassination of Mahat.....
Tags : Central Information Commissioner, Nathuram Godse
SC Asks Centre to Explain Irregularities in Appointment of Information Commissioner(23.01.2019)
Supreme Court has required Centre to explain how, in the appointment of Information Commissioners, the selection committee has shortlisted names of th.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Appointment of Information Commissioner
CIC Asks Centre to Give Polavaram Project Information to RTI Applicant(12.10.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued a show cause to Environment Ministry’s Public Information Officer H.C. Choudhury for not providing inf.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , RTI
CIC Imposes Penalty of Re 1 on RTI Applicant(21.09.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has slapped penalty of Re one on an RTI applicant who was acting as a front for a pesticide lobbying group seekin.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, JNU research, penalty
CIC: Inquire Fake Birth Certificates Racket in NDMC(26.09.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ordered inquiry into "gross irregularities" in issuance of fake birth certificates by North Delhi Municipal C.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, North Delhi Municipal Corporation , Fake Birth Certificates
CIC Directs Disclosure of Numeric Data of Officers Facing Corruption Charges(04.07.2017)
Central Information Commission has directed Government to disclose numeric details of pending as well as disclosed Departmental/ Vigilance/ Court case.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Corruption
CIC: Staff Entitled To Know About Financial Status of Company(25.04.2019)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that employee is entitled to know under Right To Information Act 2005 about the financial status of the .....
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Staff Entitled to Know About Financial Status of Company: CIC(26.04.2019)
Central Information Commission has held that an employee is entitled to know under Right to Information Act, 2005 about the financial status of the em.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Staff Entitled to Know About Financial Status of Company
CIC Seeks Disclosure of Every Action on Misconduct of Lawyers(22.07.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Bar Council of Delhi to proactively make public the cases of professional misconduct, both proved an.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Bar Council of Delhi
CIC to School Boards: Record Corporal Punishment Data, Take Action(27.07.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has said that all school education boards must take note of cases of corporal punishment in their schools, form a.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Corporal Punishment
CIC to CPIO of Supreme Court: Disclose Action Taken in NEET Judgment Leak Case(04.05.2017)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of Supreme Court to disclose what action has been taken on.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Central Information Commission, NEET judgment
CIC to Ministry of Law & Justice: Disclose Status of MoP for Judges, Judicial Accountability Bill(04.05.2017)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has expressed anguish over lack of transparency and accountability in process of appointment of Judges and direct.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Judicial Accountability Bill
CIC: Initiate Steps to Introduce RTI Stamps for Payment of RTI Fees(08.05.2017)
Central Information Commission has reiterated its recommendation for issue of RTI-stamps or numbered RTI-coupons as mode for payment of RTI-fees.
Tags : Central Information Commission, RTI-fees
People Legitimately Expect Antiquities Like Koh-i-Noor to be Brought Back: CIC(05.06.2018)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to spell out the effort.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Koh-i-Noor
SC to Centre and States: Fill Vacancies in Information Commissions(31.10.2023)
Supreme Court while directing Central and State Governments to fill the vacancies in the Information Commissions, has observed that failure to do so d.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Information Commissions, RTI Act
CIC Issues Notice to Tihar over Not Disclosing Information(17.02.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has upheld dowry convict's right to freedom and issued a showcause notice to Tihar authorities for allegedly supp.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Tihar
Madras HC Seeks Reason to Abolish Puducherry State Information Commission(21.12.2016)
Madras High Court has asked that under what circumstances did Centre has decided to abolish State Information Commission in Union Territory of Puduche.....
Tags : Madras High Court, State Information Commission, Puducherry
File Report Regarding Steps Taken to Fill Vacancies in Information Commissions: SC to Centre & States(06.12.2018)
Supreme Court has directed Union of India and 8 states to file their status report indicating the steps which have been taken for filling up of vacant.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Information Commissions
Delhi HC Orders Information Commissioner M A Khan Yusufi to File Reply Plea Challenging His Decision(11.04.2016)
Delhi HC has sought response of Information Commissioner M A Khan Yusufi on a plea challenging his decision to bar appearance of a lawyer before his b.....
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CIC: Modi’s Claim to Govt. Can’t be Disclosed(13.04.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has refused to disclose communication President Pranab Mukherjee had with Narendra Modi when he was called to for.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Narendra Modi
CIC Slams BCI for Not Following Mandatory RTI Clause(18.04.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has slammed Bar Council of India (BCI) for not following mandatory proactive disclosure clause of the Right to In.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Bar Council of India
CIC Recommends Action Against RTI Activist for Misuse of Law(21.04.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has recommended action against an RTI applicant for misusing the law to harass his colleagues in Bhai Parmanand I.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Bhai Parmanand Institute of Business Studie
CIC Directs IB to Provide Info to IFS Whistleblower(25.04.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Intelligence Bureau (IB) to provide its report to whistleblower Sanjiv Chaturvedi, an Indian Forest .....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Sanjiv Chaturvedi
CIC Points Out Serious Procedural Lapses in Inductions of NHAI(15.01.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has pointed out serious procedural lapses in appointment of officers in important public undertakings like the NH.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, NHAI
CIC Slams Govt. for Failing to Promote Retired Employee(22.01.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed two government departments to explain why they should not be made to pay Rs 75,000 in penalty and co.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Retired Employee
CIC Directs Home Ministry to Release Jet Airways Security Clearance Details(05.12.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ordered Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to release details of security clearances related to Jet Airways.
Tags : Central Information Commission, Ministry of Home Affairs, Jet Airways
CIC Orders Inquiry Into Notes Exchanged at Delhi Post Office Branches(20.09.2017)
Central Information Commission has ordered an inquiry into the exchange of old currency notes after demonetisation at post office branches in Pinto Pa.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Note Exchange
Central Information Commission Orders NDMC to Disclose Details of Defaulters(03.10.2017)
Central Information Commission has ordered NDMC to put up all information on the allottees and dues owed to the civic body on its website. Secondly it.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, NDMC
SC: For Smooth Functioning of CIC, Commissioner has Power to Form Benches & Frame Regulations(15.07.2024)
SC has held that Chief Information Commissioner has comprehensive authority to oversee & direct functioning of CIC and is allowed to implement measure.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Chief Information Commissioner, Frame Regulations
CIC Directs Disclosure of UPA's Decision over De-Notifying 123 Wakf Properties(01.04.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ordered disclosure of all records related to UPA Government's decision to de-notify 123 Wakf properties which.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, UPA Government, Delhi Wakf Board
CIC Directs Govt. to Release Biosafety Data on GM Crops(07.04.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Environment Ministry to release biosafety data regarding all Genetically Modified (GM) crops in .....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Genetically Modified, crops
CIC Rejects Plea Seeking Details of PM Modi’s Passport Application(06.03.2017)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has upheld CPIO’s refusal to provide to an RTI applicant copies of applications submitted by Prime Minister Naren.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Passport Application, Modi
CIC to PMO: Re-Examine RTI App. Seeking Information on Planning Behind Lockdown & COVID Control(26.07.2022)
Central Information Commission has directed the Prime Minister's Office to re-examine an RTI application seeking details regarding imposition of natio.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, RTI, Lockdown
Government Curtails CIC Tenure From 5 Years to 3 Years(30.10.2019)
Government has curtailed the tenure of information commissioners in central and state information commissions from five years to three years by notify.....
Tags : central and state information commissions
Reveal Probe Records on Lal Bahadur Shastri’s Death: CIC(15.05.2018)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Prime Minister's Office and Ministries of External Affairs and Home to make public the records o.....
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RIGHT TO INFORMATION - Delhi HC Stays CIC Order Putting EVMs Under RTI(19.03.2019)
Delhi High Court has stayed Central Information Commission order holding that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) fall within the preview of RTI Act.
Tags : Delhi High Court, RTI Act, Electronic Voting Machines, Central Information Commission
RIGHT TO INFORMATION - CIC to Govt.: Share List of Tainted Officers Since 2010(27.03.2019)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ordered government to reveal names of all the IAS officers against whom prosecution sanction has been grante.....
Tags : Central Information Commission
CIC: L-G Can’t Claim Immunity(26.05.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed L-G of Delhi and Union Home Ministry to disclose report on basis of which Delhi Assembly was dissolv.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, L-G
CIC: All Agusta Westland Deal Documents in CBI Custody Cannot be Disclosed(27.05.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has observed that as all documents related to the signing of Agusta Westland deal is in custody of CBI and that t.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Agusta Westland deal
Delhi HC Stays CIC Order to Disclose IB Report on Whistle-blower(09.06.2016)
Delhi High Court has stayed Chief Information Commission (CIC) order directing the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to make public its report on alleged haras.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Chief Information Commission, Sanjiv Chaturvedi
Chief Information Commissioner Should have Status of Chief Election Commissioner: SC(15.02.2019)
Supreme Court has issued directives regarding filling vacancies in Central and State Information Commissions under RTI Act which include directives th.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Chief Information Commissioner
SC: Hybrid Mode of Hearings Must be Deployed by SIC(10.10.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that use of technology is no longer an option, has directed all State Information Commissions (SIC) to provide hybrid mo.....
Tags : Supreme Court, State Information Commissions, Hybrid Mode
CIC Issues Show Cause Notice to 2 Scientists in Environment Ministry(17.08.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued a show cause notice to two scientists of Environment Ministry for not following its orders to proacti.....
Tags : Central Information Commission ,Environment Ministry
CIC: Information on Disbanded Army Intel Unit can't be Sought(19.08.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has dismissed appeal seeking disclosure of internal Army report on now-disbanded intelligence unit, Technical Ser.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Technical Service Division
Bom. HC to SIC: Establish Time Limit for Disposal of Second Appeals Under RTI Act(14.12.2023)
Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra State Information Commission (SIC) to take appropriate steps to formulate some reasonable time limit an.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, State Information Commission, Second Appeal, Time Limit
CIC to Army: Identify Men Mutilated by Enemy(29.07.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ordered Army to provide details of soldiers whose bodies were mutilated by insurgents and enemy soldiers duri.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Army
CIC Directs IT Department to Probe into Leak of IT Returns to Third Parties(17.04.2017)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Income Tax Department to investigate into an incident of IT returns of an RTI applicant being releas.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, IT Returns
Bombay HC: Nothing in RTI Act Empowers CIC to Constitute Any Committee or Conduct Any Enquiry(16.01.2020)
Bombay High Court has ruled that nothing in the Right to Information Act, 2005 empowers the State or Central Information Commission to constitute any .....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Central Information Commission, Power to Constitute Committee
CIC: Husband Not Entitled to Seek Information Regarding Bank Details & ITR of His Wife(25.01.2021)
Central Information Commission has said that a husband is not entitled to seek information regarding bank details & income tax returns of his wife und.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Bank Details and ITR of Wife
PMO to CIC: Cannot Declassify Bose’s File(28.08.2015)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has admitted before Central Information Commission (CIC) that it has files related to Bose but did not give any specific.....
Tags : Prime Minister's Office,Central Information Commission
CIC Seeks Details of LTC Cases(29.08.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Department of Space to make public details of the investigation against those officials accused .....
Tags : Central Information Commission, LTC
CIC to Indian Navy: Disclose Why India Accepted Cost Escalation for Gorshkov(22.05.2017)
Central Information Commission has asked Indian Navy to disclose reasons for India agreeing to cost escalation by Russia for purchase of refurbished a.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, aircraft carrier, Admiral Gorshkov
CIC: Private Hospitals 'Fleecing' Patients for Cardiac Stent(22.05.2017)
Central Information Commission, while taking a serious view of private hospitals "fleecing" patients for cardiac stents, has directed Employees State .....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Cardiac Stent
Gujarat HC Stays CIC Order on PM Modi's Degree(04.07.2016)
Gujarat High Court has stayed Central Information Commission (CIC) order asking the Gujarat University to provide details of the MA degree of Prime Mi.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Central Information Commission, Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal
Maharashtra CIC Directs State Government to Maintain E-register of RTI Applications, Disposal(18.04.2017)
Maharashtra State Chief Information Commissioner has directed Chief Secretary of Government of Maharashtra to maintain an e-register with details of a.....
Tags : Maharashtra State Chief Information Commissioner
CIC: Disclosure of IT Return Information Under RTI Invades Privacy of Assessee(19.04.2017)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has upheld an order rejecting an RTI application seeking details of income tax returns of a person on ground that.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, IT Return
CIC: SC’s 1993 Order on Salaries to Imams Violated Constitution of India(30.11.2022)
CIC has held that Supreme Court’s 1993 judgment in All India Imam Organisation v. UOI where Supreme Court had directed the State Waqf Boards to give r.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Imams, Waqf Board
Allahabad HC Looks for Reply from UP Govt. over Appointment of CIC(16.10.2015)
Allahabad High Court on a plea alleging that the procedure adopted by the committee in selections of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) was not in a.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court , Chief Information Commissioner
CIC Discarding Away RTI Applications Without Photo Identity Proof(27.10.2015)
Contrary to the RTI Act rules, the Central Information Commission (CIC) is asking applicants to furnish a copy of a photo identity card with applicati.....
Tags : RTI Act , Central Information Commission
CIC: UGC Must Give Clarifications on Recognized Courses(06.10.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC), while rejecting the plea of Higher Education Regulator, has said that UGC and other public authorities cannot de.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, CIC, UGC, RTI
CIC: Develop System to Compensate Prisoners Kept in Jail for More than Term(07.10.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked country's largest prison Tihar to develop a system of giving compensation to inmates who have been inca.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Tihar, compensation
Central Information Commission to RBI: Disclose Names of Big Defaulters(28.05.2019)
Central Information Commission has directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to disclose the list of big loan defaulters it had sent to banks for resol.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, RBI
CIC Rules, Cabinet Secretariat Can’t Deny to Disclose Details of Agenda(16.05.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that Cabinet Secretariat can’t deny access to items on agenda of Cabinet after meeting is over under Ri.....
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CIC to Green Ministry: Make Coastal Area Expert Panel Report Public(17.05.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar’s office to submit the response and to make action taken on expe.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Environment Minister , India’s coastal areas
CIC to NGT: Do Not Charge More Than Rs Two as Photocopy Fee(20.05.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed NGT to amend its RTI rules and not charge more than Rs two per page for providing photocopies of doc.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, NGT
CIC Asks MEA to Disclose Bills of Air India Charter Plane for PMs Travel Abroad(27.02.2018)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to disclose records related to the expenses incurred on chart.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, external affairs ministry
Delhi HC Stays CIC Order against BJP MLA's Wife on MCD Pensions(26.10.2016)
Delhi High Court has stayed Central Information Commission's (CIC) direction to BJP MLA Vijender Gupta's wife to explain how she had authorized disbur.....
Tags : Delhi HC, Central Information Commission, BJP, Vijender Gupta
CIC to Centre: 'Clarify Stand on Claims of Taj Mahal Being a Shiva Temple'(14.08.2017)
Central Information Commission has recommended that Ministry of Culture should clarify its stand on conflicting claims regarding Taj Mahal being a Shi.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Taj Mahal
CIC Seeks Info on Steps Taken to Reclaim Koh-i-Noor, Tipu Sultan’s Sword(29.08.2018)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and Ministry of Culture to intimate an RTI applicant about the efforts.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Koh-i-Noor
Del. HC: Order of CIC Directing CBDT to Give Information Regarding Ram Janmabhoomi Trust Set Aside(01.03.2024)
An order passed by the Chief Information Commission (CIC) that directed the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to provide information regarding Shri.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Chief Information Commission, Central Board of Direct Taxes
CIC Seeks Information on Action Taken Against Those Who Leaked Information on IFS Officer Sanjiv(31.12.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ordered Prime Minister's Office to disclose details of any action taken against people for allegedly leaking .....
Tags : Central Information Commission , IFS Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi
CCI Permits Union Bank's 49% Stake Buy in Union KBC AMC(31.12.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC)has approved Union Bank of India's proposed acquisition of 49 per cent stake in Union KBC Asset Management Company.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Union KBC Asset Management Company
CIC: Can't Disclose All Government Email IDs(04.01.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that email IDs of all government officials cannot be provided under the Right to Information Act as it .....
Tags : Central Information Commission , email IDs , Right to Information Act
CIC: Records of Loans to Adani Groups Cannot be Disclosed under RTI(28.11.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that records related to loans given to industries promoted by Gautam Adani cannot be disclosed as these .....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Gautam Adani , State Bank of India , Loans
SIT On Black Money Is Public Authority Under RTI: CIC(12.10.2017)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has held the special investigation team on black money a ‘public authority’ as per the Right to Information Act.
Tags : Central Information Commission, Black Money
PM Modi Degree Case: Gujarat HC Rejects Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's Review Petition(10.11.2023)
Gujarat HC has dismissed the review petition filed by Delhi CM seeking review of order quashing Central Information Commission’s directions to the uni.....
Tags : Gujarat HC, Arvind Kejriwal, PM Narendra Modi, Central Information Commission
CIC to PMO: Respond to RTI Query on Modi's Black Money Promise(02.09.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to reply to RTI applicant, who wishes to know status of black money that .....
Tags : Central Information Commission, PMO, Black Money
CIC Directs RBI To Appoint Nodal CPIO(14.06.2017)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Reserve Bank of India to appoint a Nodal Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), in addition to c.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Reserve Bank of India
CIC: 'BCCI' a Public Authority, Must Disclose Information Under RTI(19.06.2017)
Central Information Commissioner has declared BCCI to be a public authority and directed the Board to disclose information sought by RTI applicant.
Tags : Central Information Commissioner, BCCI
Bombay HC Rules ‘Chief Information Commissioner has Power to Transfer Information Commissioner’(17.10.2016)
Bombay HC has ruled that State Chief Information Commissioner has power to transfer State Information Commissioner from one region to other to ensure .....
Tags : Bombay HC, Chief Information Commissioner
CIC Directs JNU to Disclose Steps Undertaken to Prevent Thefts on Campus(17.10.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) must pro-actively disclose steps taken to ward off menace of thef.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Jawaharlal Nehru University, theft
CIC: Constitution Club Public Authority under RTI Act(19.10.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that Constitution Club which is a "platform for interaction amongst past and present member of Parliamen.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Constitution Club,RTI Act
CIC Orders Compensation to RTI Applicants for Wrongful Delay(14.12.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has awarded compensation to applicants fighting for information on their salary dues and slammed the respective o.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , provident fund/salary
Delhi HC Upholds CIC Order, Says IB Liable to Share Report on Whistleblower IFS Officer(28.08.2017)
Delhi High Court has upheld order of Central Information Commission directing the Intelligence Bureau & Ministry of Environment and Forests to share w.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Central Information Commission
CIC to National Medical Commission: Upload Medical College Assessment Data on Your Website(30.03.2023)
Central Information Commission has adviced National Medical Commission to upload Medical College assessment reports for the current academic year on i.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, National Medical Commission, Medical College assessment
CIC: Accused Entitled to Copy of Complaint in Sexual Harassment Cases(10.12.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has clarified that if a complaint of sexual harassment is made against an individual/individuals, they are entitl.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , Sexual Harassment Cases
Allahabad HC: Information Commission Don’t Have Power to Review or Change its Own Order(03.11.2016)
Allahabad High Court has ordered that UP State Information Commission does not have a power to review and change its own orders, including order of im.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Information Commission, review, RTI Act
CIC: Indian Banks Association A Public Authority Under RTI(23.11.2017)
Central Information Commission has declared the Indian Banks Association (IBA) a public authority accountable under the Right to Information Act, 2005.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Right to Information
CIC: Delhi Soccer Association is a Public Authority Under the RTI Act(04.12.2017)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) is a public authority under the Right to Information Act.
Tags : Central Information Commission, Right to Information
Central Information Commission: ED can Withhold Names of Tax Evaders in Panama Papers(10.10.2019)
Central Information Commission has ruled that the names of alleged tax evaders appearing in the Panama Papers leak can be withheld by the Enforcement .....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Panama Papers
Kerala High Court: Publication of Justice Hema Commission Report, Stayed(25.07.2024)
Kerala High Court has passed an interim order staying the publication of Justice Hema Commission Report as was directed by the State Information Commi.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, State Information Commissioner, Film Industry
Denial of Information For Lack of Aadhaar is a Serious Breach of RTI Act: CIC(03.01.2018)
Central Information Commission has held that denial of information for lack of Aadhaar card will be a serious breach of right, which was guaranteed by.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, RTI Act
Delhi HC Sets Aside order Asking SC to Share Information on Reserved Verdicts(08.01.2016)
Delhi HC, while setting aside order of its single judge bench, has held that Central Information Commission (CIC) cannot direct any public authority t.....
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SC Directs Government to Appoint 3 ICs in 6 Weeks(08.01.2016)
Supreme Court has directed Government to appoint three Information Commissioners (ICs) in the Central Information Commission (CIC), whose posts are ly.....
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CIC Slams NGT over Spending Thousands to Claim Rs.40(12.01.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has slammed National Green Tribunal (NGT) for apparently paying over Rs 33,000 as litigation fee to contest its d.....
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Del. HC: Withholding Names of Institutes or Universities Attended by Current Employees is Justified(14.08.2024)
Del. HC has held that Central Information Commissioner’s decision to withhold the names of institutes or universities attended by current employees is.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Central Information Commissioner, RTI Act
CIC Notices DU’s CPIO for Rejecting RTI Application on Modi’s Degree(21.11.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued show cause notice to Delhi University’s Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) asking why maximum p.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Delhi University, RTI, Modi’s Degree
CIC: Judicial Proceedings & Records Can Be Accessed Through RTI(02.11.2017)
Central Information Commission has held that judicial proceedings and records thereof are public records and a person, even if he is not party to the .....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Right To Information
SC Directs Union, States to File Status Reports on Vacancies in Central & State Information Commissio(07.07.2021)
Supreme Court has directed Union of India and all States to file status reports on the latest developments regarding vacancies and pendency in the Cen.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Vacancies in Central & State Information Commissions
CIC Stays Order on Disclosure of Information on Non-Performing Assets(08.07.2021)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has stayed the order of the First Appellate Authority (FAA) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which had directed.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Disclosure of Information on Non-Performing Assets