Passport Verification Report to be disclosed under RTI
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Passport office had issued show cause notice to the complainant as an adverse report from SP Coimbatore was received during police verification. The complainant had filed RTI application seeking a certified copy of the complete police
verification report.
The Commission directed the disclosure of the police verification report related to the applicant.1)
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- Right to Information Act, 2005 — full text
- CPIO Supreme Court v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal (2020) 5 SCC 481 — Constitution Bench
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