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Bar councils covered under the purview of Right To Information (RTI) Act

Corporate Law : The bar councils are open to public scrutiny under the Right To Information (RTI) Act and should set-up a mechanism to facilitate ...

January 18, 2010 606 Views 0 comment Print

Information on income tax can be disclosed under RTI

Corporate Law : In a ruling that is bound to have ramifications, specially on big tax-payers , and in a move aimed at curbing tax evasion, the Cen...

January 11, 2010 1030 Views 0 comment Print

Information on Assets declared by public servant can be given under Right to Information (RTI) Act

Corporate Law : After politicians and judges of the Supreme Court, now the assets of babus have also been prised open to public scrutiny by RTI. I...

January 9, 2010 6856 Views 0 comment Print

Medico-legal reports cannot be refused under the RTI Act

Corporate Law : Medico-legal reports cannot be refused under the RTI Act, the CIC has held saying unlike normal medical cases, they are not prepar...

November 5, 2009 1837 Views 0 comment Print

CIC decided, CA student to get copy of answer sheet under RTI Act

Corporate Law : Name of the Appellant: Ms. Vikita Vishanji Soni , Name of the Public Authority: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India , ...

July 22, 2009 1514 Views 0 comment Print


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Public Authority not required to provide ‘opinion’ or ‘advice’ under RTI: CIC

Corporate Law : Unravel the Rahul Gupta vs CPIO case where the CIC upheld that public authorities are not obliged to provide opinions or advice u...

June 28, 2023 2136 Views 0 comment Print

Competition Act Violation: CCI dismisses plea against L. G. Electronics

Corporate Law : Comprehensive case analysis on an anti-trust lawsuit involving Perfect Infraengineers Limited and L.G. Electronics India Pvt. Ltd....

June 28, 2023 462 Views 0 comment Print

CIC advises CBIC to introduce GST FAQs Section on their website

Corporate Law : It will be in the best interest of Respondent Public Authority to explore the viability of introducing/updating a FAQs Section on ...

October 4, 2022 9072 Views 1 comment Print

RTI cannot be filed to know Rate of Deduction for Donation to Corona Relief Fund

Corporate Law : Appellant filed an RTI application seeking the information on Rate of Deduction of Donation to Corona Relief Fund for income tax p...

September 17, 2022 8859 Views 0 comment Print

Provide Generic details of Gross Income of Husband to wife under RTI: CIC

Corporate Law : CPIO to provide generic details of net taxable/gross income of husband to wife for defend her matrimonial court case & claiming Ma...

August 27, 2022 6147 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Posts in CIC Judgments

Public Authority not required to provide ‘opinion’ or ‘advice’ under RTI: CIC

June 28, 2023 2136 Views 0 comment Print

Unravel the Rahul Gupta vs CPIO case where the CIC upheld that public authorities are not obliged to provide opinions or advice under the Right to Information Act, 2005.

Competition Act Violation: CCI dismisses plea against L. G. Electronics

June 28, 2023 462 Views 0 comment Print

Comprehensive case analysis on an anti-trust lawsuit involving Perfect Infraengineers Limited and L.G. Electronics India Pvt. Ltd., providing detailed insights into India’s competition laws.

CIC advises CBIC to introduce GST FAQs Section on their website

October 4, 2022 9072 Views 1 comment Print

It will be in the best interest of Respondent Public Authority to explore the viability of introducing/updating a FAQs Section on their website wherein the most commonly sought issues/clarifications and/or respective orders/circulars/their jurisdictions and also their powers/roles can be easily identified and relevant information in that regard can be placed in the public domain in keeping with the letter and spirit of suo motu disclosures prescribed under Section 4 of the RTI Act.

RTI cannot be filed to know Rate of Deduction for Donation to Corona Relief Fund

September 17, 2022 8859 Views 0 comment Print

Appellant filed an RTI application seeking the information on Rate of Deduction of Donation to Corona Relief Fund for income tax purpose.

Provide Generic details of Gross Income of Husband to wife under RTI: CIC

August 27, 2022 6147 Views 0 comment Print

CPIO to provide generic details of net taxable/gross income of husband to wife for defend her matrimonial court case & claiming Maintenance

Husband cannot seek under RTI Bank & ITR details of wife

January 5, 2021 10893 Views 0 comment Print

It has been clarified that in a private dispute between husband and wife, the basic protection afforded by virtue of the exemption from disclosure enacted under Section 8(1)(j) cannot be lifted or disturbed unless the petitioner is able to justify how such disclosure would be in ‘public interest’.

RTI applicants not expected to Clog System with Barrage of RTIs

December 31, 2020 2271 Views 0 comment Print

Radha Raman Tripathy Vs CPIO (Central Information Commission) As much as a CPIO has a statutory responsibility of complying with the provisions of the RTI Act, it is also expected of the RTI Applicant/s to not undermine the spirit of the RTI Act by clogging the system with such a barrage of RTI applications, merely […]

RTI Application cannot be rejected for mere non-annexing of Citizenship Proof: CIC

December 28, 2020 3228 Views 0 comment Print

R K Malik Vs Central Public Information Officer (Central Information Commission) Section 3 of the Act reads, ‘Subject to the provisions of this Act, all citizens shall have the right to information’. Nowhere does it say, nor imply, that a person would be required to prove his citizenship every time that he was asking for […]

Disclosure of information relating to electoral bonds issued to various political parties is exempt from RTI

December 21, 2020 888 Views 0 comment Print

Vihar Durve Vs CPIO (Central Information Commission) The Commission after adverting to the facts and circumstances of the case, hearing both parties and perusal of records, observes that the respondent has revisited the RTI application and reiterated its earlier stand in respect of point no. 6 and 7 of the RTI application that the disclosure […]

Wife can Know Husband’s Income by filing RTI application: CIC

November 6, 2020 23844 Views 2 comments Print

In a litigation, where the issue involved is of maintenance of wife, the information relating to the salary details no longer remain confined to the category of personal information concerning both husband and wife, which is available with the husband hence accessible by the wife. But in the present case, as stated earlier, the application has not been filed by the wife.

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