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AIIMS ducks RTI queries, time and again-Jaya Shroff Bhalla

On March 29, 2011, a Right to Information application on AIIMS faculty members travelling abroad on official tours was filed. The applicant sought details of their reasons for the visits, money spent and sponsors of the trips. AIIMS public information officer Lalit Kumar replied six days later saying, “The information is not available. Presently there are 450 committee members. The details for permission of this kind of work, thus the...

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Govt sent 75 complaints against judges in past yr-Nagendar Sharma

At least 75 complaints of corruption and misconduct against serving judges of the Supreme Court and high courts were forwarded in the last one year for “appropriate action” by the government to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and chief justices of concerned high courts.   The justice department of the law ministry, which forwards these complaints, has told HT that it “is unaware of any action taken on these complaints” by...

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Disclosure on human rights, corruption mandatory: CIC-Umer Maqbool

Srinagar, Apr 29: Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Jammu and Kashmir GR Sufi Sunday said the disclosure of information about human rights violations and corruption by public authorities is mandatory and cannot be exempted in any circumstances under the state law. “Bringing departments out of the purview of the Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information (RTI) Act - 2009, doesn’t mean that they can withhold information over human rights and corruption,”...

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UIDAI probing several cases of misuse of personal data

-PTI The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is probing several complaints of misuse of personal data and duplication of cards while issuing 'Aadhaar' numbers to individuals. "UIDAI has received six complaints regarding errors or complaints regarding use of address documents. Four were received on UIDAI helpline on May 7, 13, 23, 2011 and March 9, 2012 and two by emails on February 27, 2012 and August 10, 2011. The complaints were...

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Press Council dismisses complaint against TOI

-The Times of India   The Press Council of India, headed by retired Supreme Court judge, Markandey Katju, has dismissed a complaint filed against The Times of India by a senior Haryana IPS officer, Anil Dawra, who is presently posted as state ADGP (training).  The TOI on January 28, 2010 had published a story "IG let off easily in Sarita case," on the basis of an RTI query. Sarita was allegedly raped by...

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