Right to Information Wiki Blog
Quick Reply: RTI Wiki blog — analysis, case-law summaries, and citizen guides on Right to Information Act 2005.
Latest RTI decision notes
- National Statistics Day 2026: How Government Data Affects Your Ration, Pension, Salary, Hospital, School and RTI Rights – citizen guide to administrative data, daily public services, RTI questions and the difference from UN World Statistics Day.
- Right to Be Forgotten: erase old court cases from Google after Delhi HC's 2026 ruling - what the Laksh Vir Singh Yadav judgment (2026:DHC:4891) means, the three remedies (de-indexing, delinking, masking), who is eligible vs barred, and how to apply.
- Gold Rate Today in India: 24K, 22K, 18K Price and Buyer Checklist — SEO-focused gold price guide with current-rate snapshot, city buying checklist, jewellery bill calculation, hallmark checks and a light RTI route for complaint records.
- PAN Aadhaar name mismatch? Fix KYC rejections without running office to office — high-search digital identity repair map covering PAN-Aadhaar, DigiLocker, mutual fund KYC, passport holds, bank onboarding and when RTI can actually help.
- Monday Morning RTI Checklist: Fix Pending Government Work This Week — Monday action plan for pending passport, pension, ration card, FIR, PMAY, electricity, scholarship, mutation and public-service files.
- PMAY status stuck or subsidy delayed? Use RTI after this checklist — high-interest PMAY 2026 guide covering stuck beneficiary status, missing names, delayed instalments, subsidy confusion, grievance steps and record-based RTI drafting.
- BCCI outside RTI: CIC decision in Geeta Rani case explained — legal analysis of CIC/MOYAS/A/2018/123236 after the Madras High Court remand, including Section 2(h), government control, substantial financing, tax concessions and practical RTI routes.
RTI replies on public-authority websites
Quick Reply: Public authorities are directed to proactively disclose RTI applications, appeals and the responses on their websites — with keyword search — under §4(2) read with DoPT O.M. No.1/6/2011-IR dated 15 April 2013. Personal-information disclosures that serve no public interest are excluded. Practical upshot: someone may already have asked your question — the disclosed reply is free research before you ever pay ₹10.
Pension RTI replies within 48 hours — the CIC ruling
Quick Reply: The Central Information Commission has held that requests about delay in fixation or payment of pension and arrears must be treated as requests concerning life or liberty — the 48-hour clock of §7(1)'s proviso, not the usual 30 days. The direction came in Amrika Bai v. PIO, EPFO Raipur (CIC/BS/A/2016/001238, 30 March 2017), resting on Article 21: a delayed pension threatens the retiree's means of survival.
WhatsApp legal notices valid in court — the ruling
Quick Reply: In SBI Cards & Payments Services Pvt Ltd v. Rohidas Jadhav the Bombay High Court (Justice Gautam Patel) held that a notice served on WhatsApp — with delivery and read receipts showing — counts as valid service of notice under Order XXI Rule 22 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Physical service is no longer the only lawful service; electronic service with proof works.