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CA, CS, CMA : Banks are asking CAs to issue end-use and KYC certificates without regulatory support. RBI confirms no such requirement exists, hi...
Corporate Law : RTI Act transformed governance by allowing citizens to access official records, enhancing transparency, accountability, and public...
Corporate Law : The issue concerns denial of policy documents by invoking Section 8(1)(g) without justification. It is argued that such a non-spea...
Corporate Law : The Commission found prima facie human rights violations where students face dangerous daily travel due to lack of roads and trans...
Corporate Law : The case questions how data protection rules can operate when the parent Act is admittedly unenforced. It underscores that subordi...
Corporate Law : An RTI application sought details regarding enrolment, certificate of practice, and practising status under the Advocates Act, 196...
Corporate Law : A generalized denial without explanation was contested as contrary to Sections 3 and 7(1) of the RTI Act. The applicant emphasized...
Corporate Law : The appellate authority held that compliance certificates on eligibility and financial capacity contain sensitive commercial infor...
Corporate Law : IBBI denies RTI appeal seeking Resolution Professional's disciplinary reply, citing fiduciary relationship under Section 8(1)(e) o...
Corporate Law : The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India's First Appellate Authority addressed an RTI appeal regarding delayed provision of tr...
Corporate Law : The Delhi High Court held that income tax returns and taxable income details are personal information protected under Section 8(1)...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court ruled that the Chief Justice’s office falls under the RTI Act, affirming transparency while safeguarding judicial ...
Corporate Law : Madras High Court dismisses R. Vijayan's review petition seeking RTI compensation, finding no apparent error in prior ruling despi...
Corporate Law : The petitioner is a practicing Chartered Accountant, residing in New Delhi. His name was included in a list of “Undesirable Cont...
Corporate Law : Delhi High Court held that order passed by Central Information Commission directed disclosure of information which is entirely per...
Corporate Law : The First Appellate Authority noted that the CPIO exceeded the statutory RTI timeline by one day. However, since the requested clo...
Corporate Law : The IBBI imposed a two-year suspension after finding that the Insolvency Professional misrepresented before the adjudicating autho...
Corporate Law : The First Appellate Authority held that details of the official who uploaded CIRP documents were exempt from disclosure under Sect...
Corporate Law : The issue involved alleged incomplete disclosure under RTI. The authority held that all available records were already shared and ...
Corporate Law : The Authority held that information accessible on official websites need not be reproduced under RTI. The appeal was disposed of a...
Reply to RTI application revealed that around 90% of the applications filed by NGO have been rejected for the reason best known to the Income-tax department Pune.
Har Krishan Vs President Secretariatt (Delhi High Court) This Court is of the opinion that whenever information is sought under the RTI Act, disclosure of an interest in the information sought would be necessary to establish the bonafides of the applicant. Non-disclosure of the same could result in injustice to several other affected persons, whose […]
Update on 27/07/2021 – Corrigendum: COVID-19 Toll on Children in Delhi – 5640 number of children who lost one parent and 273 number of Orphan The Department of Women and Child Development, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi has conveyed that the information concerning the number of Orphan and the number of children who […]
RBI pleads ignorance about compliance of ‘Positive Pay System for Cheque Truncation System’ by all banks as per its own directive issued under Section 10(2) read with Section 18 of Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 – The reply furnished by the Reserve Bank of India concerning an application filed under Section 6 of the […]
The information as to whether office addresses of the Police Stations, Assistant Commissioners of Police & Deputy Commissioner of Police posted in sub-divisions/districts/units, Additional Commissioners of Police, Joint Commissioners of Police, Special Commissioners of Police and Commissioner of Police, Delhi are available on the official website of Delhi Police, has been answered in affirmative by […]
Pending Refunds – No Statistical Data maintained by Centralized Processing Centre (CPC), Income Tax Department The Centralized Processing Centre (CPC), Income Tax Department has informed that it does not maintain the statistical data pertaining to the ‘Refunds (pending to be released by the Assessing Officers’ as applicable for each Circle/ Zone/ City and the country […]
The Delhi Police (Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police-I, District Shahdara, Delhi) has informed that the police has no power to seal or lock the private/public property. NOTE : The redacted portions as are marked in ‘Grey/White Colour’ in the PDF file attached/uploaded herewith, contain personal information. Further, the highlighted portions as are marked in ‘Yellow […]
Missing Office Addresses (with Pin Code) of Police Stations/Offices of ACsP, DCsP and Others on Official Website of Delhi Police Since the Delhi Police does not explicitly provide the contact details of its offices including Police Stations, Offices of Assistant/Deputy Commissioner of Police posted in the Districts/Units and even Commissioner of Police, in terms of […]
The Delhi Police, in respect of its jurisdictional District West, has provided the data, inter-alia and in particular, about the 42473 Tenant Verification Forms which are lying pending verification of antecedents of Tenants for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. It has also been informed that the online portal for filing Tenant […]
The following Officers are hereby designated as Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) in IRDAI in terms of Section 5(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 to discharge functions assigned under the Act:
