The Madras High Court has ordered the Railway Mail Service to hand over CCTV footage to a man trying to trace the sender of fabricated complaints, holding that Postal Manual restrictions cannot be applied mechanically in the age of the RTI Act. Madurai: Holding that a State cannot sit on material that a citizen needs […]
Which kinds of information sit inside the Vigilance Bureau sections exempted from RTI Act? The Kerala High Court wants the State to say so on affidavit, in two PILs challenging an October 22 notification. Kochi: Two public interest litigations against a notification dated October 22, 2026, which brought the T1 and T2 sections of the […]
Lockup footage sought on May 9 for February 23 was refused because 90 days had gone by; the Allahabad High Court says a lack of resources, space or infrastructure is no excuse for not preserving police station CCTV footage as the Supreme Court directed. Allahabad: In a petition over lockup footage that was sought under […]
How many Government Orders can a citizen actually read? Only 82,657 of the 1,99,115 issued since June 2014 were publicly available, the State told the Assembly; now a Telangana High Court plea seeks publication of 1.16 lakh unpublished Government Orders, which the petitioner says the State has kept out of the public domain despite earlier […]
The Madras High Court has held that the DVAC cannot claim blanket exemption from RTI Act protection, ruling that Section 24(4) does not shield information relating to allegations of corruption. Chennai: The Madras High Court has dismissed a writ petition by the State of Tamil Nadu and upheld a State Information Commission order directing the […]
The Delhi High Court Refuses RTI Disclosure Of Employee’s LTC, CGHS Records, holding that the use of public funds for reimbursement does not by itself make an employee’s personal information disclosable. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) and Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) reimbursement […]
The Delhi High Court has disposed of a PIL seeking a prescribed time limit for deciding applications to cancel dual PAN cards, granting the petitioner liberty to represent to the CBDT and directing the Board to decide within eight weeks. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has disposed of a public interest litigation seeking a […]
A Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court has dismissed Arvind Kejriwal’s appeal against Rs 25,000 costs in the PM Modi degree case, refusing to expunge the Single Judge’s remarks and adding that a political leader cannot use statutory proceedings for political motives, and has held on merits that the CIC’s 2016 direction to disclose the Prime Minister’s degrees was outside the RTI Act and hit by Sections 8(1)(e) and (j).