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Pendency Is Not a Valid Reason to Deny RTI
Quick Reply: A PIO cannot deny an RTI just because a matter is “pending” — the CIC has ruled that pendency alone is not a valid ground under Section 8.
Direct Answer. The Central Information Commission has held that mere pendency of a decision, inquiry, or examination is not a valid ground to deny RTI disclosure. Unless the Public Information Officer specifically cites a Section 8 sub-clause AND shows how disclosure would prejudice the pending matter, the information must be released. Ratio: X v. Medical Council of India (CIC/YA/A/2016/001453, 9 January 2017), applied widely since.
MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS RELATING TO NOTARIES.
Quick Reply: The Commission observed that digital filing of records by notaries can be one possible solution for retrieving the record.
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The Commission observed that digital filing of records by notaries can be one possible solution for retrieving the record. The new records should be created by the notaries through a Law Ministry's online portal. As regards the old records, it may be scanned and uploaded on the web-portal so that it can be easily accessed and retained for long periods.
The Commission advised the Secretary, Deptt. of Legal Affairs to expedite action on the orders of the Hon'ble High Court for bringing about the change in record keeping and to move towards digitization of their records pertaining to the notaries. This will facilitate replies to RTI applications and would also be in consonance with the section 4(1)(a) of the RTI Act 20051).
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40,000 RTI Cases: Karnataka Blueprint for the Commission
Quick Reply: Karnataka Information Commission's disposal of 40,000 RTI second appeals in one year is more than a record. It is a blueprint for modern Information Commissioner leadership.
The Right to Information Act was never meant to be a polite request box. It was designed as a democratic instrument: a way for an ordinary citizen to compel the state to explain itself. In India, where a missing road file or delayed drinking-water project can define daily life, RTI is not merely a legal right. It is a lever of dignity.
That is why the Karnataka Information Commission's disposal of 40,000 RTI second appeals in a single year deserves to be treated as a national governance milestone. It is a signal that an Information Commission can move from passive adjudication to active democratic repair.
Karnataka's achievement is especially striking because the Commission did not begin from a clean slate. When the new batch of commissioners took charge, they inherited a backlog of over 56,000 cases. For many citizens, those appeals represented years of waiting after departments had already failed to answer.
The Karnataka Information Commission, including commissioners such as B. Venkat Singh and Prakash Narayan Channal, has shown that the old culture of slow files and distant hearings is not inevitable. With concentrated drives, hybrid hearings and firm enforcement, it has offered a working model for RTI backlog clearance across India.