RIGHT TO INFORMATION


Moneylife Digital Team 15 April 2016
Over the past 17 years, MSRDC spent money on maintenance of 31 flyovers in and around Mumbai. However, since 2010-11, MEP Infrastructure is collecting toll at five Mumbai entry points and thus should have done the maintenance, says an RTI activist   The Maharashtra State Road...

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RTI applications and replies provided by PIOs, decisions of FAAs and CIC that are uploaded on relevant websites continue to reveal details of applicant, including postal address despite a HC directive and several directives by DoPT. Is it not dangerous for the applicant’s safety at the...

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Mumbai : BJP MP from Baghpat had allegedly concealed information about unpaid dues to the city collector in his election affidavit, an RTI activist said here on Saturday.   As per a reply under RTI received by Anil Galgali, Singh, a former Mumbai police commissioner of the Indian...

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Maharashtra State Chief Information Commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad brings out an Order on 11th March, for enjoying in summer, Diwali and winter vacations   Now, the State Information Commissioners (SIC) of Maharashtra are also eligible to three long vacations. As per the order of 11...

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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), traditionally made public, the complete selection-process for Padma awards just after their announcement on Republic Day. Since the last two years, it refused information under RTI. CIC has directed the MHA to provide the information within four...

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In a landmark decision, the Division Bench headed by the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, amended the RTI Rules 2006 of the HC, while hearing a PIL filed by four law students, bringing the fees at par with other public authorities   Four young law students, Paras Jain, Kumar Shanu,...

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Senior journalist Chitra Subramaniam has taken Manipal Hospitals to Consumer Court for medical negligence and using non-standard implants for her ankle surgery. She can also use the RTI Act to obtain information from hospitals through the regulatory authority   Noted journalist,...

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An RTI application reveals that there is no record available of the system of long vacation; last week the CIC disposed off the case    Over three crore cases are pending in the Courts of India. But the courts are closed for long summer vacation. That apart, the Supreme Court calendar...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 February 2016
Hema Malini was allotted a land at Versova village, but her Trust was issued a notice by the Collector's office for destroying mangroves on adjoining plot, a violation of CRZ   Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s member of Parliament (MP) Hema Malini's dance academy had on previous...

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The Department of Civics & Politics of the Mumbai University has launched a Post Graduate Certificate Course in RTI which will help citizens formally empower themselves   The need for a formal educational degree in RTI Act was an idea spun off at the 2015 National Right to Information...

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IANS 09 January 2016
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to appoint three information commissioners, within six weeks, from among the applicants who responded to two advertisements issued in 2014 and a notification issued on September 9, 2015.   Giving six weeks time as sought by...

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The Report of Justice Lodha Panel on cricket reforms, which was made public, last week, has recommended the Board of Cricket Control of India -BCCI to come under RTI. Here are the reasons   Besides a string of recommendations, to the Supreme Court, for cricket reforms in India, the...

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The Maharashtra Government has issued a notification last fortnight to follow clear norms for giving RTI replies. This follows DoPT’s general guidelines, issued in October 2015, to discipline PIOs who give evasive replies to RTI queries   Public Information Officers (PIOs) in...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 December 2015
People can now cite the Supreme Court order and Central Information Commission (CIC) orders to demand information from the Reserve Bank, says Shailesh Gandhi   Mumbai’s activists, NGOs, lawyers and concerned citizens cutting across diverse areas of interest and specialization met on...

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Landmark judgement will have a far-reaching impact in making other regulators also more accountable and transparent in providing information under RTI Act   As 2015 winds to a close, a landmark judgement of the Supreme Court of India (SC) has demolished the walls of India’s most...

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As an RTI activist turned Central Information Commissioner (CIC), Shailesh Gandhi was often criticised, for some of his orders as CIC. A set of 10 orders upheld by the Supreme Court recently, serve to prove that he did his work without fear or favour    The latest Supreme Court...

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Public Information Officers and Information Commissioners will now take inspiration from the Supreme Court’s landmark judgement and we will see RTI marching forward to bring better governance through transparency and participative democracy   I am very pleasantly surprised at the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 December 2015
“The RBI as a Watch Dog should have been more dedicated towards disclosing information to the general public under the Right to Information Act,” remarked the SC judges    In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said, the Reserve Bank of India cannot withhold...

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In an important decision, the CIC has asked CBSE to pay a penalty of Rs25,000 for harassment to a parent by denying information and also for taking undertakings from students who file RTI for answer sheets, which amounts to obstructing information   In a noteworthy and heartening...

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The order cites indiscipline and deliberate attempt to avoid duty. Mane has filed a 54-page appeal   Pune based Constable Jayashree Mane, began to file RTI applications vigorously after attending a workshop on RTI in 2011. She has filed over 200 RTI applications to expose fraud...

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