Delhi HC Sets Aside CIC Order Declaring Every Minister A Public Authority Under RTI Act [Read Orders]

The Delhi High Court has set aside ‘as not sustainable’ the order of the Central Information Commission declaring every minister a “public authority” under the Right to Information Act.Justice Vibhu Bakhru overturned the March 12, 2016, order of the CIC, by which it was declared that “the Ministers in the Union Government and all State Governments as ‘public authorities’...

Delhi Soccer Association Declared As A Public Authority Under The RTI Act [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) is a public authority under the Right to Information Act."The Commission has no hesitation to declare unequivocally, that being under the control of Government of India, AIFF and with grant of monopoly, that is totally established over the sport of Football...

Indian Banks Association Declared A Public Authority Under RTI Act By Full Bench of CIC [Read Orders]

A full Bench of the Central Information Commission has declared the Indian Banks Association (IBA) a public authority accountable under the Right to Information Act, 2005.Two separate opinions were delivered by Information Commissioners Ms. Manjula Prasher and Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu to support the conclusion.The Commission was hearing two...

Judge's Consent Not Necessary For Transfer: Law Ministry

In a response to a representation by Mr. Sapreet Singh Ajmani, National President of the Youth Bar Association of India (YBAI), the Law Ministry has made it clear that it is not necessary to obtain consent from a Judge before transferring him.The response, issued under the letterhead of the Ministry of Law & Justice, states, "The initiation of...

Judicial Proceedings & Records Can Be Accessed Through RTI: CIC [Read Order]

Judicial proceedings and records thereof are public records and the appellant has a right to secure desired information, the commission held.The Central Information Commission, in a brief order, has held that judicial proceedings and records thereof are public records, and a person, even if he is not party to the said proceedings, has a right to...

Shorthand Notebooks Are Not Part Of Judicial Record, SC Agrees With Delhi High Court

Justices J.Chelameswar and S.Abdul Nazeer of the Supreme Court, have held on October 23 that they did not see any ground to interfere with the Delhi High Court’s order on May 25, which did not favour an RTI applicant, Tapan Choudhury’s plea seeking copies of the shorthand note books in which the stenographer takes dictation of the Court.Choudhury...

2-yr Wait For RTI Info Akin To Harassment, CIC Awards Rs 5K Compensation To RTI Applicant [Read Order]

Holding that a long wait for information was akin to harassment, the Central Information Commission has awarded a compensation of Rs 5,000 to an RTI applicant, who was made to wait for two long years for RTI information.Aabid Hussain has been awarded a compensation of Rs 5,000 to be paid by Cantonment Board, Jabalpur, which kept him waiting for two...

Child Rights Body Uses Privacy Clause To Refuse Info, CIC Says Nothing Private Except Children’s Names [Read Order]

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has come under severe criticism from the Central  Information Commission (CIC) for maintaining secrecy about the number of complaints received by it, cases where accused have been found guilty and the relief granted, as sought to be known through an RTI application filed by one Ajit...

Maintain Record Of Daily Orders, Upload Within 3 Days: Delhi HC To CIC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Information Commission to maintain record of its daily orders.“The functioning of the CIC must be transparent, and it is necessary that a record of daily proceedings be maintained. Even, if the hearing is concluded on a single date, the order sheet maintained on that day should clearly reflect that the...

Sexual Molestation In NCW: CIC Asks Member Secretary To Look Into Commission’s Anti-RTI Attitude [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission has asked Satbir Bedi, member secretary, National Commission for Women, to look into the anti-RTI working in the organisation where a contractual research assistant was allegedly sexually harassed by the NCW deputy secretary and denied information that she had sought after being thrown out of job, leading to...

CIC Orders Inquiry Into Notes Exchanged At Delhi Post Office Branches As RTI Reply Hints At Massive Fraud [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission has ordered an inquiry into the exchange of old currency notes after demonetisation at post office branches in Pinto Park and the Air Force area in south Delhi after an RTI applicant raised suspicion of fraud and irregularities in the exchange of currency.Information Commissioner M Sridhar Acharyulu ordered the...

CIC Calls For Views On Bringing Parliamentary Parties Under RTI Act, Says MPs Obliged To Disclose Works, Use Of Funds Under MPLADS [Read Order]

Opining that “in principle, every legislature/parliamentary party shall be considered as public authority”, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has called for views from the BJP and other political parties as to why legislature/ parliamentary parties should not be brought under the purview of RTI Act and why were they not disclosing...