Gujarat High Court division bench dismisses a PIL filed by one News Reporters and a RTI Activist seeking quashing of the order passed by state of Gujarat (Respondent No.1) and Collector , Rajkot (Respondent No. 2) respectively , allotting 51 Acres of land to Private Respondent.
Considering the march of technology, the Bombay High Court division bench thinks that there should be no difficulty for any of the PDAs to forward the draft ODPs to the Town and Country Planning Department in digital formats.
While considering the PIL Gauhati High Court observed that out of the four sanction orders which have been annexed to the PIL, on the query of the Court as to in this respect of which sanction order, money was shown to have been spent but corresponding benefit to the beneficiary had not percolated.
Delhi High Court was dealing an appeal challenging the Single Judge’s order dismissing ED’s plea against the order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing the establishment to furnish the information sought by the employee (respondent herein) under the Right to Information Act, 2005.
The Prime Minister’s Office should not have deliberately ignored the will that the Parliament had expressed in the RTI Act, and the spirit of the Rules and Office Memoranda (OM) issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in responding to RTI requests.
A plea seeking clarity on the legal status of PM CARES Fund, including whether it falls within the category of 'State' under Article 12 of the Constitution of India, periodic auditing and disclosure of donations received by it, was adjourned by the Delhi High Court, due to paucity of time
The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that the PM-CARES Fund is not a government fund as the amount collected by it does not go to the Consolidated Fund of India.
Even as courts pass orders saying that disclosure of interest is needed when an applicant seeks personal information under the Act, experts are concerned that such orders defeat its very objective.