RIGHT TO INFORMATION


As against former bureaucrats holding posts of state chief information commissioners (SCIC) in Maharashtra, the newly-appointed Rahul Pande, who was a mainstream journalist for over two decades, was appointed in this coveted position last fortnight.   Prior to his current role, Mr Pande...

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In what can be termed as the height of bureaucratic apathy, veteran journalist and RTI activist Dr Shahid Raza Burney has slammed Maharashtra’s Maha IT department and the general administration department (GAD) for a massive failure in the processing of his 49 Right to Information (RTI)...

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Right to information (RTI) applicant Shiv Kumar Kanoi, who filed over 100 RTI applications including 65 from January to December 2024 to the Central Bank of India’s Kolkata and Mumbai branches, with the same number of first appeals and second appeals, was reprimanded with all his appeals being...

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Just like the toll plaza that we pay irrespective of the bad condition of roads and other services on expressways, property tax has to be promptly paid by citizens irrespective of pathetic civic amenities, Pune being a sterling example.   Questioning the reason why she must pay property tax...

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In a significant step toward reforming healthcare delivery in Maharashtra, last week, several citizens, activists and healthcare experts formed the Medical Services Transparency Forum against the backdrop of Pune’s Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital issue wherein the delay in attending to an...

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A major fire insurance claim dispute involving Oriental Insurance Company Ltd led to a series of right to information (RTI) applications, in which the applicant requested information pertaining to his factory that was gutted and subsequently filed a complaint with the central information...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 April 2025
Leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), including Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), DMK, CPI(M), and Samajwadi Party, have collectively demanded the immediate repeal of a controversial clause in the recently enacted Digital Personal Data Protection Act, warning it...

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There are 121 private and charitable hospitals in Pune which are on the panel of the contributory medical assistance scheme under the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s health department and Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital is one of them. Hence, the health department of the PMC is bound by the...

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In a shocking order, the central information commissioner (CIC), upheld the reply of the central public information officer (CPIO) of the Supreme Court of India, the denial of information under the Right to Information Act (RTI) pertaining to the official email addresses of the judges of this...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 April 2025
A recent right to information (RTI) query has exposed alarming irregularities in the installation of hoardings on railway land in Mumbai, revealing that no ownership records exist for 103 out of 306 hoardings. The findings point to the growing influence of the hoarding mafia operating on land...

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The central information commission (CIC) has raised serious concerns over the lack of transparency in the re-evaluation process of the assistant personnel officer (APO) examination, directing the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) to implement measures that would ensure fairness and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 March 2025
The prestigious 2024 Maharashtra Bhushan Award has been conferred upon Ram Sutar, the celebrated sculptor behind iconic works such as the ‘Statue of Unity’. The announcement was made by Maharashtra chief minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis in the legislative assembly and deputy CM (DCM) Eknath...

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Virender Singh, a celebrated Deaflympics athlete, professional wrestler, and Padma Shri awardee who filed a right to information (RTI) application seeking details of the selection process for the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award was denied information by the central public...

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A right to information (RTI) applicant seeking information on those investigation reports by the serious fraud investigation office (SFIO), which have been completed by investigative officers, has got some respite from the central information commissioner (CIC). The CIC directed the SFIO, which...

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The Right to Information (RTI) request to the income-tax (I-T) commissioner’s office, wherein the applicant demanded copies of his own audit report, has been prolonging for over three years, thanks to this public authority’s dilly-dallying, even petitioning the High Court (HC) and sitting on...

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Author Dibya Das, who writes under the pen name Kollorob, invoked the Right to Information (RTI) Act with the central public information officer (CPIO) of the department of consumer affairs, seeking details on an ongoing copyright infringement case and alleged irregularities concerning legal...

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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has come under fire, for the third time now, by the Bombay High Court (HC), for failing to fulfil its constitutional duty under Article 21, which guarantees the fundamental right to life and personal liberty, as well as for its lack of response to multiple...

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In November 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that for a fire insurance claim, if the insurer is not found to be responsible for starting the fire, then identifying the precise cause of the fire is not necessary. Since then, the insurance companies are under obligation to uphold the insurer’s terms...

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Bhavini Srivastava (Bar  and   Bench) 11 February 2025
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked Right to Information (RTI) activist Neeraj Sharma whether any public interest was involved in his request under the RTI Act for records of students who had cleared the Bachelor of Arts (BA) course from Delhi University (DU) in 1978, the year in which Prime...

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Recently, a central information commissioner slammed the two central public information officers (CPIOs) of a Defence Sainik School in Delhi with a show-cause notice on why they should not be penalised for lazing over providing information for three long years and ordered them to provide the...

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