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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 : The statutory regulator declined disclosure of a key committee report on foreign lawyers. The decision raises questions on transpa...
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 : IBBI's First Appellate Authority dismisses Ravinder Aggarwal's RTI appeal seeking details on MSA Developers' resolution plan imple...
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 : Orissa High Court rules against disclosing tax evasion petition outcome under RTI Act. Detailed judgment highlights legal reasonin...
Corporate Law : The issue was whether IBBI must provide data held by a regulated entity. The Authority held that RTI applies only to information h...
Corporate Law : The appeal found that the RTI response was delayed beyond statutory timelines. The key takeaway is that delay breaches RTI provisi...
Corporate Law : The appellate authority held that RTI applications cannot seek interpretations or clarifications on legal issues like treatment of...
Corporate Law : The issue concerns delayed response to an RTI application beyond the prescribed period. It was held that authorities must adhere t...
Corporate Law : The appellate authority held that public authorities under the RTI Act must only provide information already available in records....
An Income-Tax appellate authority here has upheld the order of Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) not to provide a copy of NHRC chairperson and former CJI K G Balakrishnan’s I-T returns to an RTI applicant. Disposing off an appeal by the RTI applicant, the authority said that to provide a copy of IT return to the appellant either he should be able to establish a “larger public interest” or there should be no objection from the former CJI.
Income Tax returns of individuals do not enjoy absolute ban from disclosure, Central Information Commission has held while directing Income Tax department to provide details of the total income of a person to his son-in-law who is facing a dowry case.
Majority of the broadband internet service providers have not been able to deliver the speed which they had advertised, a recent study says. According to a test conducted by Sri Lanka-based research firm LIRNEasia ‘Recent Quality of Service Experienc
The inquiry reports of National Stocks Exchange in the alleged defaults by a brokerage firm should be made public, the Central Information Commission has told the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The transparency panel rejected the argu
The department filed an appeal in the High Court and claimed that as the Tribunal’s order was received on a particular date, the appeal was on time. However, the assessee obtained information from the Tribunal under the Right to Information Act and pointed out that the order was served on an earlier date and that the appeal was belated. HELD taking a serious view of the matter and summoning the Revenue Secretary and Chairman CBDT.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja’s investment in shares and fixed deposits have increased by nearly 170 per cent from Rs 8.52 lakh to a little over Rs 23 lakh during one year, annual property returns of the Ministers provided by Prime Minister’s Office
Taxpayers can now look forward to a faster redressal of grievances related to refunds and returns without the many visits to Income Tax offices as the department is all set to bring a number of its services online. The department is in the process of
It is a simple and iconic logo depicting a sheet of paper with information on it, and the public authority – providing the information. This represents people’s empowerment through transfer and accountability in Governance. The logo’s shape and struc
Several crores of unclaimed and un-refunded money belonging to consumers have been lying with various Central and state government departments, undertakings, financial and banking institutions for almost 10 years, according to a petition filed in the
The fifth Annual Convention on RTI concluded here today. The two days convention was attended by all stakeholders of the RTI Act, including the State Information Commissions, media and civil society organizations. Union Minister of State for IT & Telecom Sachin Pilot delivered the valedictory address. In his speech, he said that RTI in India is hailed all over the world for its role in truly empowering the common man and strengthening democracy. He felt that several issues on the demand side, however, remain to be resolved. Effort is needed in the areas of awareness generation, improving accountability and accessibility. The minister felt that technology like mobile telephone can be used for carrying out mass awareness campaigns on RTI Act. He further said that the systems need to be put in place to check misuse of the Act.
