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Habibullah stays as CIC, tells Omar can't take RTI post

By Mayank Aggarwal ---- New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Wajahat Habibullah, who resigned last year to head the Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission (JKSIC), says he will continue in his present post and has met Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to convey the decision.

Use RTI with a sense of responsibility, says CIC

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Central Information Commission (CIC) has advised people to exercise "some restraint in the number of queries" filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act while criticising an applicant for lacking a "sense of responsibility"....
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Delhi's 'despicable' neglect of schools for deaf

By Mayank Aggarwal---- New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Delhi government has come under heavy fire from the Central Information Commission (CIC) for failing to appoint teachers in its schools for hearing-impaired children for 10 long years. ...
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Why is Habibullah still information chief, ask RTI activists

By Nabeel A. Khan---- New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) A group of Right to Information (RTI) activists has served a legal notice on the Prime Minister\'s Office (PMO) over Wajahat Habibullah continuing as chief information commissioner (CIC) three months after he reportedly resigned. The notice has also been sent to the department of personnel and training (DoPT). ...
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Whistleblower-RTI activist Satish Shetty killed

Pune, Jan 13 (IANS) Leading Right to Information (RTI) activist Satish Shetty - who exposed many land scams in Maharashtra - was killed by unidentified men while on a morning walk at Talegaon on the outskirts of this city Wednesday....
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Chief Justice of India in RTI ambit, activists hail ruling

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court in a far-reaching ruling Tuesday held that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) comes within the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) law, and held that judicial independence is not a judge's privilege but a responsibility cast upon him. ...
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Congress, BJP keep mum on high court's RTI order

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not make a direct comment on the Delhi High Court judgment Tuesday on the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) coming within the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, but said there should be transparency in "different pillars of democracy". ...
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RTI covers office of Chief Justice of India: High court

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday upheld its single bench order that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) comes within the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and details of judges assets should be revealed under that....
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Wrong acts can't be cited as precedents, rules apex court

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court has held that an illegal or irregular act of the government extending certain benefits to one person cannot become a precedent entitling someone else to claim similar benefits....
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New chief information commissioner this week

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) is expected to be announced this week and will be from within the Central Information Commission, said highly placed sources....
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Court permits ED to quiz Koda

Ranchi, Dec 19 (IANS) A court here Saturday permitted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to interrogate jailed former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda who is allegedly involved in a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam. ...
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Information commissioners' appointments not transparent: RTI activists

By Nabeel A. Khan--- New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Two weeks after they served a legal notice on the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the union government for "not being transparent" in the selection of information commissioners, RTI activists say they are yet to receive a reply. ...
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Political will needed to erase bonded labour

New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Enacting one law after the other will not eradicate bonded labour if there is no political will for it, National Human Rights Commission member Justice B.C. Patel said....
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Bihar official demands huge amount for information under RTI

Patna, Dec 3 (IANS) A Bihar government official has reportedly demanded Rs.137,000 from a lawyer for providing information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act....
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Be flexible in granting scholarships, court tells government

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Coming to the aid of a girl student whose application for the Prime Minister's Merit Scholarship Scheme was rejected, the Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the government to be a little flexible about the rules....
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Pleasantly surprised at the way people using RTI: Ansari

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Vice-President M. Hamid Ansari Tuesday inaugurated the first national Right to Information (RTI) awards here and said that he was pleasantly surprised at the manner in which citizens across the country have taken the RTI route to secure justice....
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1984 riots case: CBI terms witness 'unreliable'

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday termed as "unreliable" a key witness of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, who had testified against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, while clarifying its stand and giving a clean chit to the former central minister....
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One held guilty in Kandhamal riot case

Bhubaneswar, Nov 30 (IANS) A fast track court in Orissa Monday convicted a person to five years in prison in a Kandhamal riot case....
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No passports to babies of surrogate Indian mothers, apex court told

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The central government Monday told the Supreme Court that babies born to surrogate Indian mothers but alien biological fathers are not entitled to Indian passports which can only be issued to citizens of the country....
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Kasab's lawyer Kazmi sacked for 'non-cooperation'

Mumbai, Nov 30 (IANS) S.G. Abbas Kazmi, the lawyer for 24/11 Mumbai terror attacks accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, was Monday sacked by the special court for "non-coooperation" and replaced by his assistant....
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Habibullah stays as CIC, tells Omar can't take RTI post

By Mayank Aggarwal ---- New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Wajahat Habibullah, who resigned last year to head the Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission (JKSIC), says he will continue in his present post and has met Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to convey the decision.

Use RTI with a sense of responsibility, says CIC

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Central Information Commission (CIC) has advised people to exercise "some restraint in the number of queries" filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act while criticising an applicant for lacking a "sense of responsibility".

Delhi's 'despicable' neglect of schools for deaf

By Mayank Aggarwal---- New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Delhi government has come under heavy fire from the Central Information Commission (CIC) for failing to appoint teachers in its schools for hearing-impaired children for 10 long years.

Why is Habibullah still information chief, ask RTI activists

By Nabeel A. Khan---- New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) A group of Right to Information (RTI) activists has served a legal notice on the Prime Minister\'s Office (PMO) over Wajahat Habibullah continuing as chief information commissioner (CIC) three months after he reportedly resigned. The notice has also been sent to the department of personnel and training (DoPT).

Whistleblower-RTI activist Satish Shetty killed

Pune, Jan 13 (IANS) Leading Right to Information (RTI) activist Satish Shetty - who exposed many land scams in Maharashtra - was killed by unidentified men while on a morning walk at Talegaon on the outskirts of this city Wednesday.

Chief Justice of India in RTI ambit, activists hail ruling

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court in a far-reaching ruling Tuesday held that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) comes within the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) law, and held that judicial independence is not a judge's privilege but a responsibility cast upon him.

Congress, BJP keep mum on high court's RTI order

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not make a direct comment on the Delhi High Court judgment Tuesday on the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) coming within the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, but said there should be transparency in "different pillars of democracy".

RTI covers office of Chief Justice of India: High court

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday upheld its single bench order that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) comes within the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and details of judges assets should be revealed under that.

Wrong acts can't be cited as precedents, rules apex court

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court has held that an illegal or irregular act of the government extending certain benefits to one person cannot become a precedent entitling someone else to claim similar benefits.

New chief information commissioner this week

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) is expected to be announced this week and will be from within the Central Information Commission, said highly placed sources.