provided for under Section 20 of the RTI Act. However, it is a settled
position of law that under Section 18 , the CIC does ... power is vested with the CIC under Section 19 of the RTI
Act and not Section 18 . Section 19 provides the appellate procedure under
pursued
an appeal under Section 19 of the RTI Act against the denial of her request
for information.
11. Section 18 ... Section 19 of the RTI Act serve two distinct purposes.
The procedure outlined under Section 19 of the Act, in comparison to
Section 18 includes
Appellate Authority, and instead, filed an application under Section 18 of
the RTI Act before Central Information Commissioner (CIC). The CIC,
having considered the factual ... Instead, the Petitioner filed a complaint under Section 18 of the
RTI Act, which contemplates a completely different scope of inquiry and
does not permit
07th March, 2024, Petitioner filed a complaint under
Section 18 of the RTI Act requesting the CIC to take action as per Section ... Petitioner has moved an application under Section 18 read with Section
20 of the RTI Act on 07.03.2024.
4. This writ petition is being disposed
RTI Act . He
had every right to the seek information under the RTI Act , subject to
limitations prescribed under the Act since the information could ... RTI Act ,
which in Court's opinion is ex-facie misconceived. Section 8(1)(b) of the
RTI Act exempts only such information which
earlier Act, that
is, Section 8 of the Freedom to Information Act, 2002. The
courts and Information Commissions enforcing the
provisions of the RTI Act ... duties. The threat of penalties
under the RTI Act and the pressure of the authorities under
the RTI Act should not lead to employees
clear that there is no provision under the RTI Act which
empowers the Central Information Commission or, for that matter, the
State Information Commission ... behalf, the only rules that have been framed under Section
27 of the RTI Act, are the following:-
i) The Right to Information (Regulation
with the spirit of
transparency and accountability as enshrined in the RTI Act, 2005 within
a period of 21 days from the date of receipt ... submissions failing which, an action would be taken under Section 20 of the
RTI Act.
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"CIC"
This is a digitally signed order
further informed that as per the
order No.F.DE15 (265)/ACT/POLICY/2008/6718-6741 dated
05/ 09/2008, issued by the Director ... learned Single Judge also noted that in view of section 22 of the RTI
Act, Section 8(1)(j) and the principles stated
notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition
Act (LAA) was issued on 19th March 2004 followed by a declaration under
Section ... information provided
under the RTI Act .
5. It is also asserted that as regards lands falling in Khasra No.54/18/1 till
the date
