Right to Information Act 2005

6th Sep, 2021

Once a party dies his/her death certificate cannot be termed as ‘Third Party Information’

In FAO (WCA) No. 417/2012 decided on 27.08.2021 decided by the Hon’ble Himachal Pradesh High Court   FACTS: Appellant/Applicant in the present matter preferred an application seeking a copy of the death certificate and the […]
6th Jul, 2018

Order copy obtained through Right to Information Act, 2005 is as good as a certified under certain circumstances.

The High Court of Bombay in a recent judgement held that when a copy of order is not supplied to a party by the adjudicating authority and if the same is obtained by the said […]
20th Jan, 2016

Reserve Bank cannot deny information sought under Right to Information Act, 2005 #indianlaws

RTI Act is enacted to empower the common people, the test to determine limits of Section 8 of RTI Act is whether giving information to the general public would be detrimental to the economic interests […]
27th Aug, 2013

Postal orders without stamps to be accepted along with an RTI Application

CIC directions and recommendations to respective authorities to check wastage of time and harassment to the information seekers under Right to Information Act, 2005