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There's something rotten in the locality of Sion Koliwada by Shoumojit Banerjee

Koli people struggle for their hearths and homes as politico-businessman lobby mows down homes for redevelopment project   Ugly tidings were round the bend for Kalpesh Shivkar when a registered letter arrived from Pilot Constructions Pvt. Ltd. in March 2010 requesting him to vacate his house in the interests of redevelopment. This was followed by an impassive notice issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation pasted on his door, directing the Shivkar family to...

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Parties can seek info under RTI: CIC by Nivedita Khandekar

Supreme Court (SC) registry can no longer avoid parting with information about petitions filed, saying it does not come under the purview of RTI Act. The central information commission (CIC) has ruled that the parties involved in the case/s can seek information related to their case/s under RTI Act. When T Jhansi Lakshmi’s special leave petition was not listed for hearing even after more than 75 days, she filed an RTI...

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RTI success: Ministry of environment & forests uploads the damning Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel Report-Vinita Deshmukh

On 23rd May, Moneylife wrote on how a Kerala citizen was denied access to Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel Report (WGEEP). The central information commission and the Delhi High Court ordered the ministry to make it public. It has now been uploaded on its site Just when one wondered whether the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) would turn to the Supreme Court after the Delhi High Court on 17th May,...

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An RTI test looms for a regulator-Anuja & Remya Nair

Delhi high court to hear central bank challenge to CIC order seeking information on defaults by top industrialists The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has challenged an order by the central information commission (CIC) asking the central bank to disclose names of the top 100 industrialists who have defaulted on loan repayments. In a writ petition to the Delhi high court, which is scheduled to be heard on 29 May, the central...

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RTI plea on officers’ appointment rebuffed

-Deccan Herald The files relating to framing of rules for empanelment of officers to the post of additional secretary and secretary at the Centre cannot be disclosed as these are Cabinet papers exempt from disclosure under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the government has maintained. This stand of the government was reiterated in a letter to the central information commission (CIC) by the Cabinet secretariat’s under secretary. The government decided to approach...

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