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Kar. HC: PIOs’ Not Supposed to Create Information(17.02.2023)
Karnataka High Court has held that under Right to Information Act only such information that is available and existing and held by the public authorit.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Right to Information Act, PIO
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 .....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Right To Information Act 2005
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
Supreme Court: Employees Personal Info Exempt from Disclosure Under RTI Act(04.09.2017)
Supreme Court has held that service details of employees fall within the ambit of ‘personal information’ u/s 8(1)(j) of Right to Information Act, and .....
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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
Orissa HC: State Vigilance Department Can't be Completely Exempted from RTI Act(22.06.2022)
Orissa High Court has held that the State Vigilance Department cannot be completely exempted from Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 and directed th.....
Tags : Orissa High Court, State Vigilance Department, Right to Information Act
Bombay HC Notices State’s Police For Making Public Station Diary Under RTI Act(23.01.2017)
Bombay High Court has questioned Maharashtra Police’s act of making available details of its station diary to an accused, citing compulsions under Rig.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Right to Information Act, Station Diary
RTI Not Applicable to Religious Institutions Not Funded by Government: T & AP HC(10.12.2018)
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that religious institutions like temples, churches, mosques, which are not financed/funded by the gov.....
Tags : Telangana & Andhra Pradesh High Court, Right to Information Act, 2005
Delhi High Court: SEBI's Insider Trading Probe Info is Exempt from Disclosure under RTI Act(19.09.2025)
Delhi HC has ruled that details of SEBI’s internal investigation are exempt from disclosure under the Right to Information Act, 2005. A division bench.....
Tags : SEBI, Insider Trading, Right to Information Act, 2005
Supreme Court: Lokayukta Special Police is Not Exempt From RTI as an Intelligence Body(16.06.2026)
Supreme Court upheld a Madhya Pradesh High Court order directing the Lokayukta's Special Police Establishment (SPE) to disclose information under the .....
Tags : Lokayukta Special Police; Exempt; Right to Information Act
SC Declines to Order Disclosure of CIC Shortlisted Candidates, Sees No Reason to Doubt Union(27.10.2025)
Supreme Court has refused to order the Union Government to disclose names of candidates shortlisted for the Central Information Commission (CIC), stat.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Candidates, Right to Information Act
Del. HC: Court is Seeing Increasing Abuse/Misuse of the RTI Act(20.12.2023)
Delhi High Court has observed that Right to Information Act was enacted to provide secure access to information to every citizen, to prevent corruptio.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Right to Information Act, Misuse
Delhi HC: Policy Number is Not Mandatory For LIC Details under RTI, But Basic Details are Required(10.04.2026)
Delhi High Court held that while Life Insurance Corporation policy details can be sought under the Right to Information (RTI) Act without providing a .....
Tags : Policy, Right to Information Act, Life Insurance Corporation
Kerala High Court: No Unrestricted RTI; DPDP Act Strengthens Privacy Framework(26.05.2026)
Kerala High Court held that there is no unrestricted right under the proviso to Section 8(1)(j) of the Right to Information Act to seek all informatio.....
Tags : Right to Information Act; Privacy Framework; Personal Information