"The mere existence of an investigation process cannot be a ground for refusal of information. The authority withholding information must show satisfactory reasons as to why the release of such information would hamper the investigation process," the court ruled.
Strangely, no consolidated figures on infrastructure investments made on ground are ever disseminated by any official arm of the Government of India.
A consistent use of RTI will bring about a positive change.
'Transparency only improves all organisations and the horrendous corruption in our arms deals from guns to missiles to coffins is extremely well known. Would you like them to remain secrets?'
The report contains 58 case studies of alleged excesses by the armed forces in the state.
Social activist and close aide of Anna Hazare, Prashant Bhushan, said that the move would help their cause and will let people know the truth.
The interest money which is not claimed by people due to religious obligations is kept in suspended bank accounts.
Tehelka Founder Editor Tarun Tejpal who has been chargesheeted for raping a junior woman colleague in Goa last year has sought information under Right to Information relating to the money spent on the entire exercise of investigating and prosecuting him in the case.
A Delhi court Friday dismissed a plea seeking lodging of an FIR against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran for their alleged role in the 2G case.
Noted journalists Vir Sanghvi and Pritish Nandy have revealed that they will be jointly filing a Right To Information application with the Central Information Commission (CIC) with regard to this year's Padma Award list and the questionable inclusion of Indian-American hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal in it.
Several recommendations of the various law commissions on repealing of obsolete laws, including the Official Secrets Act, have failed to elicit a positive response from the government in an exercise over which crores of rupees were spent during the past ten years.
The Central Bank has stonewalled almost every RTI query pertaining to demonetisation citing one or the other reason.
Senior Indian Police Service officer Amitabh Thakur, who is locked in a tussle with ruling Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and took his fight to the Centre, was on Monday night suspended by the Uttar Pradesh government.
Dr Anand Rai says his fight has cost him a great deal. But the battle is far from over.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India could be again set on collision course with the Sports Ministry as a contentious clause in the Draft National Sports Development Bill states that only those federations who come under the Right to Information Act (RTI) ambit will have the right to use 'India' as the team's name.
The minister, however, henceforth, must make statements against Wankhede or his family only after "reasonable verification of facts," the HC said.
Between April and August, it issued request seeking LoC against 147 individuals to prevent them from leaving the country, the bank said in response to a Right to Information query filed by Pune-based activist Vihar Durve.
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, on Monday, said bringing the BCCI under the ambit of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) is one of his biggest achievements since assuming his new office three months ago.
Lack of consensus on 'how not to let Jignesh Shah get away' could become a huge embarrassment for the government.
The RBI clarification followed media reports quoting a reply to a Right to Information application that suggested the apex bank has not issued any order for mandatory Aadhaar linkage with bank accounts.
The study was constituted in March 2011 when the nation was debating on the amount of black money stashed within as well as outside the country with figures being projected by politicians and civil society to lakh of crores.
A court in Delhi on Monday sought an Action Taken Report from Delhi Police on a plea seeking registration of an FIR against the city transport minister and others, alleging the December 16 gangrape incident had occurred due to their "corrupt" activities.
The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court on Tuesday rejected bail applications of Zahida Pervez and Saba Farooqui who are among the five accused in the RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case.
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The Reserve Bank of India does not have any estimate of alleged illegal gold transactions going on in the country, according an RTI reply.
Another meeting will be called next week at a mutually-convenient date.
Amnesty India said allegations mentioned in a complaint by an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad representative against it were "without substance".
The Central Information Commission has issued a show-cause notice to Prime Minister's Office for not replying to an RTI query filed nearly one-and-a-half years ago.
Social workers, Right to Information activists and whistleblowers who receive threat will now be given police protection immediately, the Maharashtra government informed the Bombay high court on Tuesday.
Why doesn't anybody ask the PSU State Bank of India under RTI on how much they are spending on legal fees trying to recover money from me in the UK when I have offered 100 per cent payback in India, asked Mallya.
The IAF said the details are held by it in fiduciary
'The Himmatsinghji Report is still 'missing'.' 'It is a great loss for the knowledge of India's borders.' 'It would have an immense value at a time China is bound to shift its attention to other border fronts in the Himalayas,' notes Claude Arpi.
Karvy Computershare Pvt Ltd engaged in fraudulent activities with respect to certain initial public offerings in 2005, market regulator Sebi said.
Through its programmes, Swechha tries to ensure Delhiites don't forget their dying river.
Income tax online return accounts of certain people have been unauthorisedly accessed, the Finance Ministry has warned.
The CBI filed the appeal against the May 31, 2005 decision of the high court by which all accused, including Europe-based industrialists Hinduja brothers, were discharged from the Rs 64-crore pay-off case.
People may soon be able to use SMS communication with government departments as a documentary proof while utilising citizen-services for making payments, registrations and various other schemes.
Indian banks have started exploring opportunities in the space, including lending to crypto exchanges, and accepting bitcoins as collateral, among others.
The average land given to the rural landless is small and falling, from 0.95 acres in 2002 to 0.88 acres in 2015 - a 7.4 per cent drop over 13 years-and a slowdown is evident in the process of taking land away from rich landlords, the RTI data reveal.
The printing of one-rupee notes was discontinued in 1994.
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