Top Law News DoPT seeks advice on court’s verdict on info panel September 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Department of Personnel and Traininghas sought the Law Ministry’s advice on the Supreme Courtverdict making it mandatory for the hearings in Central and State Information Commissions to be carried out by people with judicial backgrounds. “We have held inter-departmental discussions with officials concerned on the Apex court decision. The department has decided to seek […] Read more » Central and State Information Commissions chief information commissioner CIC department of personnel and training DoPT DoPT seeks advice on court's verdict on info panel inter-departmental discussions Law Ministry's advice legal advice is expected RTI Act. transparency panels at the respective levels
Top Law News Gujarat riots: CIC order reversed to reveal communication between PM, Prez July 11, 2012 / July 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today set aside a Central Information Commission’s(CIC) order to the Centre to reveal to it the communication between erstwhile Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and President K R Narayanan over the 2002 Gujarat riots. Justice Anil Kumar gave the order, allowing the Centre’s appeal against the CIC’s directions. In the facts […] Read more » Article 74(2) Article 74(2) of the Constitution of India Atal Behari Vajpayee Central Information Commission CIC Delhi High Court erstwhile Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee Gujarat riots K R Narayanan President K R Narayanan Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee RIGHT TO INFORMATION Right to Information Act RTI Act.
Top Law News Rajiv Gandhi Foundation to submit balance-sheets July 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed non-government organisation Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) to submit its audited balance sheets from its constitution in 1991 till 2010-2011, as well as the contributions made to it by the Union and the State Governments and its instrumentalities. Justice Rajiv Shakdher passed the direction on a petition by Shanmuga Patro, […] Read more » CIC CIC on Rajiv Gandhi Foundation Delhi High Court on Rajiv Gandhi Foundation Rajiv Gandhi Foundation Rajiv Gandhi Foundation as a government agency Rajiv Gandhi Foundation to submit balance-sheets
Top Law News CIC: Govt to disclose information on mercy petitions June 27, 2012 / June 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on CIC: Govt to disclose information on mercy petitions The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Home Ministry to disclose file notings and correspondence related to the mercy petitions of all death row convicts including Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru. Giving the order information commissioner Sushma Singh asked the home ministry to provide information of mercy petitions related to all convicts (pending and […] Read more » 8(1)(a) of the RTI Act Central Information Commission CIC information regarding mercy petitions mercy petition of Afzal Guru mercy petitions RTI in mercy petitions S C Agrawal S C Agrawal an RTI activist S C Agrawal on mercy petitions
Top Law News Transparency panel’s order on Supreme Court cases stayed September 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed a Central Information Commissioner (CIC) order to the Supreme Court registry to maintain data about the period for which judgments are kept reserved. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also sought a response by Nov 22 from Lokesh K. Batra, a right to information (RTI) applicant on whose plea the CIC […] Read more » Central Information Commissioner CIC Delhi High Court Supreme Court Supreme Court cases Transparency panel's order
Top Law News No need to make emergency documents public: Court July 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed a Central Information Commission’s (CIC) order to the president’s office to make public all documents on declaration of the emergency in 1975 by the then president Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, including communications from the then prime minister Indira Gandhi. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued a notice to S.C. Aggarwal, a […] Read more » Central Information Commission central public information officer CIC CPIO Delhi High Court emergency documents Rashtrapati Bhavan
Top Law News Notice to government on plea for appointments in RTI ambit March 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Notice to government on plea for appointments in RTI ambit The Delhi High Court Monday sought the central government’s response on a petition challenging a single judge’s ruling that information pertaining to the appointment of top bureaucrats cannot be revealed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the department of […] Read more » Appointments Central Information Commission Chief Justice Dipak Misra CIC Delhi High Court DoPT Government Justice Sanjiv Khanna notice plea RTI ambit
Top Law News Apex court reserves ruling on RTI plea on judges’ posting November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved the verdict on its own petition challenging the Central Information Commission’s (CIC) order directing the chief justice of India to give details on the appointment of three apex court judges. While reserving the order, the apex court bench of Justice B Sudershan Reddy and Justice SS Nijjar said that […] Read more » apex court CIC judges plea posting RTI
Top Law News Will strive to make RTI more effective, accessible: New CIC October 11, 2010 / October 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The empowering Right To Information Act (RTI) completes five eventful years Oct 12 (Tuesday). Newly-appointed Chief Information Commissioner Anugraha Narayan Tiwari, who has a very short tenure to work in, is keen to make the act more powerful and more accessible. Tiwari, a 1969 batch IAS officer and former secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, […] Read more » accessible CIC effective RTI strive
Top Law News Information on Games should go online: CIC August 14, 2010 / August 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government and other government agencies have been directed by the Central Information Commission to post all information relating to the Commonwealth Games on their websites, a Right to Information (RTI) activist said Saturday. Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi directed the state government and other agencies like New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to post all […] Read more » CIC common wealth games Games go online Information
Top Law News Court stays CIC order on Delhi Metro pillar collapse May 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a reprieve for the Delhi Metro, the Delhi High Court Friday stayed a Central Information Commission’s (CIC) order directing it to disclose the design of a pillar which collapsed last year killing six people. The CIC had last month directed the Delhi Metro to make public all the structural drawings related to the pillar […] Read more » CIC collapse Court Delhi Metro order pillar stays