Orissa High Court quashes one year RTI filing ban imposed by Odisha information panel

Court says information body lacks authority to restrict number of RTI pleas and directs officials to provide remaining details sought by the applicant ...

HC strikes down parts of OIC order debarring RTI applicant from commission

Cuttack: The Orissa high court has struck down key portions of an order passed by the Odisha Information Commission (OIC) that had barred RTI applicant Chittaranjan Sethy from approaching the ...

Orissa HC partially sets aside OIC order debarring RTI applicant from filing request

CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has set aside, in part, an order of the Odisha Information Commission (OIC) debarring RTI ...

GSIC bars revenue dept clerk from filing more than one RTI plea a year

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat State Information Commission (GSIC) has barred a senior clerk in the revenue department from filing ...

Abandoned govt portal leaves Central Government Health Scheme RTI applicants without answers, CIC steps in

A large number of RTI applications directed at the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) are landing on an abandoned ...
Devdiscourse

Forgotten RTI Portal Sparks Chaos in CGHS Information Requests

A redundant RTI portal, opened by the Department of Personnel and Training, is causing a communication gap in the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS). The abandoned portal is mistakenly receiving ...
The Wire

No Data on RTI Applications in Which Info Was Denied: Centre Tells Parliament

The Chief Information Commissioner has 'not compiled' such data, the government says, but well over 17.5 lakh RTI applications were filed and 14.30 lakh were answered. This article went live on ...
The Hindu

40,000 RTI applications pending in State, 1,623 in Dharwad

Mentioning that 40,000 RTI applications were pending in the State till September 2025 and 1,623 applications in Dharwad district, State Chief Information Commissioner Ashit Mohan Prasad has directed ...
Indiatimes

Have RTI query? Take a scooter instead. Why answer seekers in Kashmir are hitting a wall

Law students in Srinagar found their coursework on RTI applications met with resistance. Instead of clear answers, they faced delays, redirection, and subtle pressure to drop their queries. Some ...
The Week

CIC issues show-cause notice to CGHS official penalises DJB official for obstructing RTI

The CIC has issued a show-cause notice to a Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) official and fined a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) official for misleading replies and prolonged delays in responding to RTI ...
Mumbai Mirror

Modi govt tweaks RTI rule, says application stands abated if the applicant dies

The alteration is a violation of Central Information Commission (CIC) ruling that stated that in case of the death of an RTI applicant, the information should be made public on the department’s ...
Mena FN

Zubeen Garg Death Case: Assam CIC Resigns After RTI Applications On His Arrested Brother

(MENAFN- IANS) Guwahati, Nov 6 (IANS) Assam Chief Information Commissioner Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta has resigned from his post after a series of Right to Information (RTI) applications were reportedly ...