RIGHT TO INFORMATION


Moneylife Digital Team 01 August 2014
The Appellant does not have to show any public interest in disclosure of the information unless an exemption under Section 8(1) of the RTI Act applies to the information, the CIC ruled. This is the 205th in a series of important RTI judgements given by former Central Information Commissioner...

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Moneylife Digital Team 31 July 2014
The CIC noted that citizens were exposed to complete substandard and unqualified doctors due to callous attitude of Delhi Bharatiya Chikitsa Parishad. This is the 204th in a series of important RTI judgements given by former Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi   The...

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The Central Information Commissioner’s order opens up the case for transparency in the operations of public transport in India   The Delhi Metro has been suffering 'technical snags' regularly. The recent one was absolutely scary because the doors of a coach remained open for a few...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 July 2014
The CIC directed the PIO to provide information of the mammoth probe into a bogus LTC case that was going on for over 11 years. This is the 203rd in a series of important RTI judgements given by former Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi   The Central Information...

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While Information Commissioner Ravindra Jadhav entrenches himself as Pune division’s IC, it is important to understand why appointments in Maharashtra are different from any other state in India Information Commissioner (IC) Ravindra Jadhav holds the Pune division post as of Monday. The...

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A State CIC has no powers to even sanction a 'casual leave' of any Information commissioner. However, Maharashtra SCIC Ratnakar Gaikwad issued a transfer order to make Rajendra Jadhav, full time IC of Pune. Jadhav was the secretary to former president Pratibha Patil Rajendra Jadhav was...

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Maharashtra Chief Information Commissioner and Pune’s Divisional Commissioner manipulated words in official orders, so that former President Pratibha Patil’s secretary and now State Information Commissioner from Amravati, Rajendra Jadhav, could be gifted an official bungalow in Pune, the...

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Could clear loudspeaker warnings, prominent caution signs or vigilance about the tour itinerary have averted the tragic death of 24 students in the Beas River? Here is an RTI guideline for parents to procure more information into such deaths With every passing day since 9th June, when 24...

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In what could be termed as new hope for complete transparency in Public-Private-Partnership projects, the National Highway Authority started uploading on its website www.nhai.org.in contents defined by the task force under Section 4 of RTI Act Moneylife, has been campaigning for...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 June 2014
The Central Information Commission ruled that provisions of RTI Act also apply on private schools that are governed by law like Delhi Education Act or Right to Education Act In a significant decision, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that provisions of the Right to...

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Leading RTI crusader Subhash Agrawal is certainly the best choice for the job of an RTI consultant to Delhi government, but how would he ensure better responses of public authorities?   Even after nine years of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, its implementation by public...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 May 2014
Use of the Rights to Services Act with RTI Act can help you move your files faster, Shailesh Gandhi told a packed audience at Moneylife Foundation   While the Right To Information Act (RTI) 2005 is well-known, there is another hardly-known tool available in Maharashtra called...

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Last year, Narendra Modi ridiculed the PMO for denying information to a citizen. Will his office be open to seriously dealing with RTI applications, considering that his home state Gujarat does not have a good record?   People have given a huge mandate to one single party and soon a...

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Present case in Maharashtra where voter's name were deleted is not as genuine as it is being made out to be. This shows mistrust on citizens and totally absolves the district election officer or election registrations officers who have acted irresponsibly. This should call for citizen...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 May 2014
Sushilkumar Shinde and his family is the topmost VIP family in the state with 66 security personnel deployed to protect them, reveals a reply received under the RTI About 812 police officers and security personnel have been deployed for the security of 84 VIPs in Maharashtra, reveals a...

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The case of Pune-based women constable Jayashree Mane, who was slapped by her senior male colleague for using RTI, continues to be in limbo as the department has yet to admit the FIR. Taking a serious note of the incident the National Commission for Women has ordered an enquiry into the...

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Pune’s lady constable Jayashree Mane was slapped by her senior male colleague as he had to vacate his 'illegally occupied' official 'room'. Mane has filed over 200 RTI applications in a bid to cleanse the irregularities and corruption in the Pune police department. Will she get the justice?

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On 31 January 2011, the postal department stopped under certificate of posting or UCP facility. However, two months after, in March 2011, the  Collector of Pune sent a document to Baravkar through UCP! Over a month ago, Pune-based Right to Information (RTI) activist Vilas Baravkar...

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Over Rs20,000 crore from the MP LADS were disbursed since a decade, but there are no records. The funds allotted for MPs to use for providing drinking water, public health, education, sanitation, sports and roads are either unused or misused The Member of Parliament (MP) Local Area...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 April 2014
The Nuclear Power Corp must display suo moto the Safety Analysis and Site Evaluation Report of KKNP Plant I & II as per Section 4(1)(c) of the RTI Act, the CIC said. This is the 199th in a series of important RTI judgements given by former Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi

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