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- Delhi High Court PhD Theses Ruling
- *personal information** and that disclosure would constitute an **unwarranted invasion of privacy**. The first appeal under Section 19(1) was rejected. The second appeal before the **Central Information Commission** partially set aside the PIO's order and dir... Authority. Refusal upheld. | | +90 days | Second appeal under Section 19(3) filed before the Central Information Commission. | | Later | Central Information Commissi... ers should consult the judgment on the Delhi High Court website or the [[https://www.indiankanoon.org|Indian Kanoon]] repository.// ===== Key implications =====
- The Current State of Right to Information in India
- utiny under Section 8 of the RTI Act1. Justice CV Karthikeyan specifically observed that service registers containing details of assets and liabilities of publ... ing 4.2 crore RTI applications and 26 lakh second appeals remain pending across the country, with applicants facing an average wait time... ength of eleven, resulting in over 23,000 pending appeals as of January 202511. This severe understaffing has prompted the Supreme Court to express its concerns in January 2025 over t... mmissioners3. The state-level picture is equally concerning, with Tamil Nadu reporting that 45-47% of appeals face delays of 2-3 years, and only 10% are resol
- 10 Most Unique RTI Applications in India That Will Change How You
- nion. - **The applicant is persistent** — First Appeal, Second Appeal, and sometimes the High Court. - **The finding is surprising or consequent... s against former Telecom Minister A. Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, and corporate executives. The Supreme Court later cancelled 122 telecom licences. **What ... tical and legal fallout that saw Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi investigated and charged. **What this revea... 0) ==== **What was asked.** Law student **Harsha Kandukuri**, among others, asked the PMO for the **trust deed, constitution, and audited accounts** of the PM CARES
- Right to Information at twenty
- sions ===== On 30 June 2025, the total number of appeals and complaints pending before twenty-nine Information Commissions stood at more than four lakh cases. The... e listed in the table below. ^ State Information Commission ^ Appeals and complaints pending on 30 June 2025 ^ | Mahar... includes: - the date of filing of each second appeal and complaint; - the stage of each case; - the next ... pplicants ==== * Applicants should file second appeals with a complete set of enclosures and clearly numbered grou
- RTI by State — what each state actually asks (data analysis, 2026)
- (f) × 4. ==== Karnataka (18 curated cases) ==== Karnataka splits across the high court (only 2 KAR cases) and a long tail of **DBT sc... Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, UP, West Bengal, Karnataka:** your state's case law corpus is large enough to find a relevant precedent ... rch|case-law search]] filtered by your state's HC code. - **If you live in a small-corpus state (Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bihar, Telangana, AP, MP, NE states
- 10 Supreme Court rulings every PIO and FAA must know (2026 edition)
- emory drafts a reasoned order that survives First Appeal and the Commission. Each ruling below carries its citation, ... ssion vacancies timely. * **//Chief Information Commissioner v. Manipur//** (SC 2011) — the §18 complaint vs §19 appeal jurisdictional divide. * **//SP Gupta v. UoI// ... aw database]]** (190+ rulings, filter by Section, court, year, outcome). ===== How to cite these in a... is materially stronger than one that does not. A compact three-line citation works: <code> 3. Sectio
- Digital vs Physical RTI — How Channel Choice Decides Your Outcome
- metatag-description=(Hard data on how online RTIs compare to postal RTIs — reply rates, response time, cost, deemed refusal, appeal outcomes.) metatag-title=(Digital vs Physical RTI... ellate Authority is marginally more responsive to appeals that cite a digital audit trail (application ARN, online reply PDF, SMS confirmations). Post-first-appeal escalation to CIC is **lower for online (14% vs 22% for walk-in)** — anoth... the portal; they must submit a physical BPL card copy — nullifying the online channel's privacy + tim
- State Information Commissions — the silent vacancies crisis of 2026
- g-keywords=(SIC vacancies 2026, state information commission, RTI commissioner vacancies, second appeal backlog) metatag-description=(SIC vacancies are a... ; commission paralysed since November 2025. * **Karnataka** — 4 of 11 filled; backlog 22,000 second appeals. * **Maharashtra** — 7 of 11 filled; backlog 2... ssions 2025. //Last reviewed: 25 April 2026.// {{tag>blog state-information-commission vacancies second-appeal backlog rti-crisis}}
- Police departments are the largest RTI rejecters in 2025
- illing into the data, the patterns, and applicant counter-strategies.)}} ====== Police departments ar... png?direct&1200 }} The CIC Annual Report 2024-25 confirms what activists have long suspected: **polic... ice** — ~3,800. * **UP Police** — ~3,200. * **Karnataka Police** — relatively low rejecter. ===== Common rejection patterns to counter ===== - **"In
- Online RTI portals — a 2026 state-by-state comparison
- gs>metatag-keywords=(online RTI portal, state RTI comparison, RTI online filing, RTI Online Portal 202... scription=(Not all state RTI portals are equal. A comparison of central RTI Online Portal vs 20 state ... RTI portals on usability, fee, deadline tracking, appeals.)}} ====== Online RTI portals — a 2026 state-by-state comparison ====== {{ :social:auto:online-rti-portal