CIC Directs CBSE To Allow Inspection Of Smriti Irani’s Class X, XII Records [Read Order]

When a public representative declares his educational qualifications, the voter has a right to check up that declaration, the commission observed.The Central Information Commission has directed the CBSE to allow inspection of Class 10th and 12th school records of Union Minister Smriti Irani within 60 days.Central Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu also directed Minister for...

Files On PM Modi’s Foreign Visits Confidential, Exempted Under RTI Act: CIC [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission has rejected an RTI plea seeking information on costs in relation to the Prime Minister’s foreign travel, observing that disclosure of travel arrangements of the PM, whether foreign or domestic, involve important security concerns.The commission, perusing the files, said the sought information was of a nature that...

CIC Sridhar Divested Of HRD Charge After Direction To disclose PM Modi’s DU Degree Records [Updated]

Information commissioner M Sridhar Acharyulu has reportedly been divested of Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry charge, days after he directed the Delhi University to facilitate inspection of records related to all the BA students of 1978, the year Prime Minister Narendra Modi secured his degree, as per the University.“Having examined the...

RTI Plea On PM’s Foreign Visits Placed Before CIC

An  RTI plea seeking details of expenditure incurred on the Prime Minister’s foreign visits was placed before Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Radha Krishna Mathur on Tuesday to decide whether a disclosure would have bearings on the security and sovereignty of the nation. The CPIOs of both Prime Minister’s Office and Ministry of External...

RTI Reveals RBI Recommended Note Ban Hours Before PM’s Announcement; Plea For Minutes Rejected

The pre-demonetisation consultation process has been shrouded in secrecy, much to the angst of opposition and experts. However, recently the RBI has revealed certain details regarding the consultation process preceding note ban and clarified that its recommendation came hours before Prime Minister Modi’s announcement. An RTI plea, on the hand,...

Info Relating To SBI’s Loan To Adani Group Need Not Be Disclosed :CIC [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission (CIC) disposed of an appeal of Shri Ramesh Ranchordas Joshi from Mumbai seeking information from the State Bank of India (Mumbai) regarding the basis of giving huge loans to Gautam Adani Group along with the evidence that the loan was connected to the coal mines of Australia.The CPIO informed Ramesh Ranchordas...

CIC Directs Indian Army To Release Details Of Probe Into Macchil, Pathribal Killings [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Indian Army to provide a copy of documents regarding the findings of the Court Martial in the matter of the conviction of five Army personnel for killings committed at Macchil, J&K, in 2010, and proceedings of Court of Inquiry in the matter of killing of five persons in Pathribal,...

Whistle Blowers Must Be Given Adequate Safeguards Against Victimisation: CIC [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission (CIC) in Samrat Sharma, Roorkee v. PIO, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar, has held that no person or a public servant who has made a disclosure under the Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014, can be victimised by initiation of any proceedings against him or otherwise merely on the ground that...

PM’s Foreign Visits: CIC Seeks File To Decide If Disclosure Of Details Can Compromise India’s Security [Read Order]

Acting on an RTI query seeking details of the Prime Minister’s foreign trips, the Central Information Commissioner has observed that without due examination of the file, it cannot be decided that whether the sought information contains security-related information.Information Commissioner Radha Krishna Mathur has directed the CPIO, PMO, that one...

RTI In Peril : An Open Letter To Maharashtra CM By Former CIC Shailesh Gandhi

To,Shri Devendra FadnavisChief Minister of Maharashtra.Sub.: RTI Act and Information Commission being rendered dysfunctionalDear Sir,Maharashtra is probably the leader in the nation amongst States in RTI applications. We also have the dubious distinction of having the largest number of RTI users murdered. I might mention that nearly half the RTI...

Constitutional Club Of India Is A ‘Public Authority’ Under RTI Act: CIC [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has declared the Constitutional Club of India (CCI) as a “public authority” under Section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act.Central Information Commissioners M Sridhar Acharyulu and Sudhir Bhargava observed that there is an indirect funding of the government to the CCI and, therefore, it has to supply the...

Maharashtra Information Commission Orders Immediate Review & Release Of Bhupendra Vira’s RTI Pleas

In the wake of RTI activist Bhupendra Vira’s gruesome murder, former information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi’s letter addressed to Chief Information Commissioner of Maharashtra Ratnakar Gaikwad has been accepted and registered as a complaint under section 18 of the RTI Act.The Commission has directed the authorities to carry out immediate review...