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13 April 2024 11:28 AM GMT
SBI Refuses To Disclose In RTI Response Fees Paid To Sr Adv Harish Salve In Electoral Bonds Case
LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK
The State Bank of India (SBI) has declined to disclose the legal fees paid to advocate Harish Salve for representing the bank in the electoral bonds case, citing exemptions under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. In response to an RTI query from activist Commodore Lokesh Batra, SBI stated that the requested information is exempt from disclosure as it involves third-party information held by...
13 April 2024 5:01 AM GMT
CIC Expresses 'Severe Displeasure' At Election Commission For Not Responding To RTI On EVMs For More Than A Year
Bhavya Singh
The Central Information Commission (CIC)in its recent Order has criticized the Election Commission of India (ECI) while expressing "severe displeasure" for failing to respond to a Right to Information (RTI) Act request regarding Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for over a year. The RTI inquiry requested information regarding the actions taken by...
30 Oct 2023 1:24 PM GMT
RTI Act Will Become ‘Dead Letter’ : Supreme Court Directs States, Union To Fill Vacancies In Information Commissions
Padmakshi Sharma
The Supreme Court today (October 30) expressed its dissatisfaction with the failure of States and the Union to fill up the vacancies of Information Commissions across the country. The court directed the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to prepare a chart on the number of vacancies and number of appeals/complaints in all the commissions....
19 Oct 2023 6:50 AM GMT
Intelligence Bureau Exempt From Rigours Of RTI Act: Delhi High Court
Debby Jain
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the Intelligence Bureau (IB) stands exempted from rigours of RTI Act by virtue of Section 24 (Act not to apply to certain organizations) thereof.The issue had arisen when the Appellant appeared for Assistant Central Intelligence Officer Grade-II Examination conducted by IB in 2017, but his name did not appear in...
7 Oct 2023 7:11 AM GMT
Husband Can Seek 'Generic Income Details' Of Estranged Wife Through RTI To Corroborate Evidence In Maintenance Case: CIC
Bhavya Singh
In a recent ruling, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed a Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) to provide a man with the “generic details of the net taxable income/gross income” of his wife for the specified time period as contained in his RTI Application.Information Commissioner Saroj Punhani relied on Rahmat Bano vs Chief...
20 Sep 2023 5:30 AM GMT
Can't Invoke Article 226 To Impose Penalties U/S 20 RTI Act Against Information Officers: Kerala High Court
Tellmy Jolly
The Kerala High Court has recently held that writ jurisdiction under Article 226 cannot be invoked to impose penalties against the Information Officers under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI).Justice Murali Purushothaman ruled that the Central Information Commission or the State Information Commission was the competent authority under...
29 Aug 2023 2:43 PM GMT
Employee Can Access Colleague's Service Records Under RTI Act To Pursue Service Litigation : Karnataka High Court
Mustafa Plumber
The Karnataka High Court has set aside an order passed by the State Information Commissioner rejecting an application filed by a college professor seeking service record details of his colleague. A single bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit allowed the petition filed by A S Mallikarjunaswamy and set aside the of Commission whereby his RTI application...
19 Aug 2023 4:00 AM GMT
'Ensure Public Authorities Follow Mandate Of Section 4 RTI Act' : Supreme Court Directs Central/State Information Commissioners
Ashok KM
The Supreme Court directed the Central Information Commission and the State Information Commissions to ensure proper implementation of the mandate of Section 4 of the Right to Information Act."While declaring that all citizens shall have the ‘right to information’ under Section 3 of the Act, the co-relative ‘duty’ in the form of obligation of...
20 Jun 2023 7:59 AM GMT
S. 20(1) RTI Act Which Prescribes Penalty For Default In Supplying Info Within Specified Time Not Mandatory: Chhattisgarh High Court
Jyoti Prakash Dutta
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the provision of ‘penalty’ prescribed under Section 20(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act), for default in supply of information within the period specified under Section 7(1), is not mandatory in nature. While dismissing a writ appeal against the same conclusion reached by a Single Judge...
1 May 2023 9:09 AM GMT
RTI Act | Public Information Officer Cannot Challenge Appellate Authority's Order Directing It To Disclose Information: Karnataka High Court
Mustafa Plumber
The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that under the Right to Information Act, a Public information Officer has no authority to prefer an appeal against an order passed by the Appellate Authority, directing him to furnish information to an applicant under the Act. The power to prefer an appeal challenging an order passed by the Appellate...
23 April 2023 10:30 AM GMT
Delhi High Court Upholds CIC Order Denying Information To 2006 Mumbai Train Blast Convict On Documents Related To UAPA Ban On ‘Indian Mujahideen’
Nupur Thapliyal
The Delhi High Court has upheld an order passed by the Central Information Commission denying information under Right to Information Act to a death row convict seeking documents related to the ban on Indian Mujahideen under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.Justice Prathiba M Singh dismissed the plea of Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddique, a...
27 March 2023 10:05 AM GMT
Anti Dumping Rules Not Inconsistent With RTI Act, Disclosure Of Confidential Information Can Impact India's Economic Interests: Delhi High Court
Nupur Thapliyal
Observing that disclosure of confidential information in anti-dumping proceedings can have a significant impact on country’s economic interest and trade relations, the Delhi High Court has said that same cannot be sought or subjected to disclosure under the Right to Information Act, 2005.Justice Prathiba M Singh observed that when the Anti-Dumping...