Noting that "Caesar's wife should be above suspicion", the Central Information Commission has directed the government to disclose the names of IAS officers who faced disciplinary proceedings in the last 10 years. Information Commissioner Divya Prakash Sinha said the disclosure of information was in the larger public interest as these officers occupy high government positions.
A large number of applications and appeals filed under the Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act, 2009, would have been pending on the date of bifurcation.
In August 2019, there were 63 CICs registered with RBI. As on March 31, 2019, the total asset size of the CICs was 2.63 trillion and they had 87,048 crore (approx.) of borrowings.
The CBI claimed investigation of cases filed against Mallya is at a crucial stage in the London High Court and parting information at this stage would impede the probe, hence it should be exempted under Section 8(1)(h) of the RTI Act.
Can private information of officials held by the government be provided after 20 years as per the Right to Information statutes? The Central Information Commission (CIC) has decided to constitute a full-bench to adjudicate the crucial matter on a petition of a convict in the 2006 Mumbai train blast case.
The CIC has rebuked the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the nodal ministry of the RTI Act, for denying records related to the appointment of information commissioners and framing RTI rules and has asked the secretary to look into its "adverse findings".
The CIC's directive came while deciding on a plea by Lucknow-based activist Nutan Thakur, who had based her RTI application on some media reports that RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya in a lecture in 2017 had said accounts of some loan defaulters have been sent to banks for resolution.
He said the PMO refused to comply with the direction of disclosure of action on Rajan's letter on "grounds which are not legal, which is unfortunate".
The Supreme Court today expressed concern over vacancies at the Central Information Commission (CIC) and State Information Commissions (SIC)
The new building in Munirka will enable the commission to function from a single location, according to an official statement today.
Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team on black money is answerable under the RTI Act, the CIC has held.
Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed a CIC)order to CBSE to allow inspection of class 10th and 12th school records of Union Minister Smriti Irani.
Delhi HC today stayed a CIC order directing Delhi University to allow the inspection of records of all students who had passed BA examination in 1978.
Amidst a seething debate over Union Minister Smriti Irani’s educational qualification, the School of Open Learning (SOL) on Wednesday told the Central Information Commission that the minister had asked the University not to disclose it
The Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) has been directed by the Central Information Commission (CIC) to allow inspection of class 10th and 12th school records of Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani. The office of
A fine of Rs 25,000 has been slapped on Delhi University's Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) by the Central Information Commission (CIC) for rejecting an RTI application seeking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's graduation degree. The
The Gujarat University on Thursday insisted that a division bench of the high court should hear the matter pertaining to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree.
CIC has held that records related to loans given to Adani Group cannot be disclosed as these are held by State Bank of India in fiduciary capacity and involve commercial confidence.
The Central Information Commission (CIC) on Saturday rapped army for providing a "misleading" reply to an RTI applicant in an attempt to withhold disclosure of records in the infamous Pathribal fake encounter in Jammu and
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to submit files related to foreign visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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