RTI/NV 30 30.09.2010 Dear Friends of RTI: Greetings from PCGT !!! Herewith is Article for September 2010, 30th since started in April 2008. Central Information Commission held 5th Annual Convention 2010 on 13th & 14th September at DRDO Bhavan, New Delhi. Detailed Report will be covered in the next (October) article and the subsequent issues. September/October 2010 are the months of “Change of Guards”. Effectively RTI Actbcameb ...

RTI /NV 26 22.05.2010 Dear Friends of RTI: Greetings from BCAS Foundation. Herewith is Article for May 2010, 26th since I started in April, 2008. Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) has issued ‘OFFICE MEMORANDUM’ (OM) dated 27.04.2010 on the subject of Disclosure of third party information under the RTI Act. One OM dated 20.01.2010 is reported in Part B of the Article herewith. Following is the text of the OM of 27....

Download Newsletter in PDF Format : http://pcgt.org/newsletters/newsletter-January2010.pdf Editotial : 'We Remember' was the theme of PCGT's memorial to those who died in the terrorist attack on Mumbai. [caption id="attachment_106" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mr. B.G. Deshmukh receiving the award from Justice Ms. Sujata Manohar as Mr. J.F. Ribeiro and other Trustees applaud"][/caption] PCGT WINDS CIVIL LIBERTI...

Dear Friends of RTI: Greeting from PCGT PCGT and I send all of you our GOOD WISHES for HAPPINESS and PEACEFUL LIFE. The last few days witnessed dastardly attacks on many activists. The first attack was  at  activist  Nayana  Kathpalia’s  house  at  Churchgate,  Mumbai  by  some  hooligans. Nayana is co-convenor of CitiSpace (Citizen’s Forum for Protection of Public Spaces). The said NGO has filed Public Interest Litigation...

15.12.2009 Dear Friends of RTI Greeting from PCGT Odd happening: CIC vs. The Supreme Court An appeal from the Supreme Court to itself may sound odd but its unease with CIC's orders had pushed the apex court to exercise the unusual option. The SC has moved the SC early in December over the issue. The Supreme Court stayed the Central Information Commission’s (CIC) order asking it to divulge details relating to app...

Dear Friends of RTI: Greetings from Public Concern for Governance Trust Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says: Truth is contradictory; if it is not contradictory, then it is not truth! Above is true of Right to Information. It has number of contradictions, surfacing from time to time since its inception on 12.10.2005 till today, some get resolved and some continue and others get generated. Recently, Kerala High court examined the applicability of t...

23.10.2009 Dear Friends of RTI: Greeting from PCGT The Right To Information Act, completed its 4 years of beneficial existence in India on 12.10.2009. To celebrate this key achievement the Public Concern For Governance Trust [PCGT] organised an eventful evening at the Indian Merchants’ Chambers, Churchgate where Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud delivered the key note address. The event was organised in associa...

Right to Information Narayan Varma Chartered Accountant Part A: Decisions of CIC S. 2(f) and S. 7 : Mr. Rakesh Agarwal sought the following information under RTI application to Mr. K. S. Rawat, PIO, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi: 1.  Whether intimations are sent by each traffic court of Delhi presided over by Spl. M.M.S. as required by S. 210 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988? 2.  If not, reasons for the...

Right to Information Narayan Varma Chartered Accountant Part A: Decisions of the Court and CIC Whether co-operative Societies are public authorities? In the judgment delivered on 3-4-2009, the Kerala High Court examined under the writ petitions the applicability of the RTI Act to co-operative Societies registered under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act (KCS Act). The Registrar of Co-operative Socie...

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. Public Concern for Governance Trust has made a humble start in this direction, through taking up landmark cases on behalf of individuals, organizing discussions around reforms in health and education sectors, training and extensive awareness-raising. ...