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The Central Information Commission has slapped the maximum fine of Rs 25,000 provided under the RTI Act on the CEO of a cost accounting body for failure to give timely information in a case. The CIC slapped the fine on the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India’s (ICWAI) CEO, Sudhir Mukund Galande, while dismissing […]
Introduction: This legislation may be termed as one of the rarest legislations in the Indian Legal History which provides for setting out the practical regime of ‘Right to Information’ for Citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities and in order to promote transparency & accountability in the working of every public […]
IN A first, the Central Vigilance Commission has disclosed the names of 123 government officials, which includes three IPS officers, against whom it has suggested sanction for prosecution or imposition of penalty for alleged corruption.
Upholding the Central Information Commission (CIC) order that office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is well within the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Delhi High Court Wednesday ruled that judges should declare their assets. In a historical judgement, Justice S. Ravindra Bhat said judges are accountable but they are also subject to some constraints.
The split within the judiciary over the issue of disclosure of judges’ assets widened on Sunday with the Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan dubbing Karnataka High Court judge D V Shylendra Kumar move to chart his own course on the issue as being driven by “publicity”. Refuting charges that he was against judges […]
Name of the Appellant: Ms. Vikita Vishanji Soni , Name of the Public Authority: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India , Decision No.4167/IC(A)/2009 , F. No.CIC/MA/A/2009/000474 , Dated, the 13th July, 2009 , Delivered by : Central Information Commission.
While considering an appeal filed by a student of the Chartered Accountants Examination under the Right to Information Act, 2005, the Central Information Commission recently ordered for supply of certified copies of the answer sheets of a student concerned which was also later confirmed by the Learned Single Judge of Hon’ble Delhi High Court in respect of a Petition filed by the Institute. Consequently, queries are being received by the Institute about the supply of answer sheets.
Market regulator SEBI on Friday said it is not obliged to obtain information from stock exchanges for sharing it with the public under the Right to Information Act. “SEBI Act gives powers to SEBI to obtain information for certain purposes and not for obtaining such information from the exchange for the sole purpose of providing the same to the appellant,” […]
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to provide students with certified copies of answersheets under the Right to Information Act. Justice S Ravindra Bhat dismissed contentions raised by the institute that answersheets fell beyond the purview of the RTI, holding that students were well within their rights to access them.
The Central Information Commission feels that details of property belonging to government servants and even judges of the high courts and the Supreme Court are subject to the purview of the Right To Information (RTI) Act but some government departments, including the Income-Tax department, seem to think otherwise.
