Details of the Some of our Recent RTIs
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Police Complaint Authority (PCA)
10th Jan 2024 |
Police Complaint Authorities are the grievance redressal platforms to register complaints against police personnel accused of misconduct. The Common Cause team filed RTI applications to access information related to the number of complaints filed related to illegal arrests, police violence, death in police custody, death in police action/encounter, rape in police custody, false implications and unlawful detention. A couple of the states did not respond at all while others did not follow the format in reply. Downloads Attachments: Questions Asked Question Asked PCA_RTI_SPIR2024 Attachments: Replies Reply RTI-PCA-ASSAM Reply RTI-PCA-DELHI Reply RTI-PCA-DHERADUN_UK Reply RTI-PCA-GUJARAT Reply RTI-PCA-KARNATAKA Reply RTI-PCA-KERALA Reply RTI-PCA-NAINITAL_UK Reply RTI-PCA-ODISHA Reply RTI-PCA-Punjab Response Translated Reply RTI-PCA-PUNJAB Reply RTI-PCA-TRIPURA.pdf Reply RTI-PCA-UTTRAKHAND |
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National Commission for Women
3rd Apr 2024 |
The RTI was meant to access the cases specifically related to the female victims of human rights violations in police custody. The Commission denied the information citing the unavailability of the same and referred to NCRB. Downloads Attachments: Questions Asked NCW_RTI_SPIR Attachments: Replies Reply_NCW_SPIR |
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National Commission for Women
16th Dec 2024 |
Concerning domestic workers, the authority was asked to provide information related to the complaints of women where the victim is a domestic worker. However, RTI was denied citing that records do not follow the format inquired. Downloads Attachments: Questions Asked Question Asked NCW RTI 16.02.2024_DW Attachments: Replies Reply_NCW_DW_10.01.2025 |
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National Human Rights Commission
29th July 2024 |
Concerning domestic workers, the authority was asked to provide information related to the complaints of women and children in which the victim is a domestic worker, under different incident categories and codes. The commission denied the information citing that it neither categorises nor is required to categorise the victims as domestic workers. Downloads Attachments: Questions Asked RTI_NHRC_DW_29.07.2024 Attachments: Replies RTI_Reply_NHRC_DW_20.08.2024 |
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Ministry of Labour
20th Aug 2024 |
Directed to the Labour Reforms Cell of the ministry, an RTI was filed seeking information on the complaints received from domestic workers regarding labour law violations. Citing the information as “NIL”, the ministry forwarded the application to another section i.e. Social Security-II
Downloads Attachments: Questions Asked Attachments: Replies RTI_Reply_DW_Labour_Ministry |
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National Human Rights Commission 26th Nov 2024 |
An RTI, in the context of domestic workers, seeking information specifying the number of complaints received and action taken in the offences of bonded labour, forced labour, traffic on human labour, non-payment of salary or wages, slavery, child labour, sexual harassment, rape and indignity of women was filed. In response, the commission provided an aggregated list (not exclusive of domestic workers as complainants or victims) of the complaints, with an opportunity to get a detailed list of the cases. Downloads RTI_Reply_NHRC on Domestic Workers Case 16.12.2024 |
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Election Commission of India
10th Oct 2024 Onwards |
The Common Cause team has filed nine RTI applications to the Election Commission of India seeking information about the reported compliance with the voluntary code of ethics and model code of conduct by global digital platforms. This is part of our analysis of the possibilities of digital threats to the conduct of free and fair elections. Downloads Attachments: Questions Asked RTI-Set 1 RTI-Set 1 Attachments: Replies RTI Reply_06.11.02024 RTI Reply_Reg. no. 29327_11.11.2024 RTI Reply_Reg. no. 29342 - 07.11.2024 RTI Reply_Reg. no. 29346_13.11.2024.pdf RTI_Reply_ECI_14.11.2024 |
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Central Bureau of Communication and Digital India Corporation
3rd and 5th May 2024 |
Political Advertisements, during elections, are done at the cost of public exchequers in violation of the Supreme Court judgement of Common Cause vs. Union of India (2015). During the General Election 2024, we observed that similar advertisements appeared on government websites, social media platforms, digital media outlets and legacy media. A bunch of RTIs were filed to seek information on the expenditure done on these advertisements by the then-ruling party. These RTIs were later forwarded to the concerned departments. In response, the concerned authorities denied responses citing that they don't maintain the records in the asked formats. Downloads Attachments: Questions Asked Question Asked 1 Question Asked 2 Question Asked 3 Attachment: Replies Reply DOAVP_R_X_24_00105 Reply Document13.06.2024 Reply_Adv_OTT Platforms_2 Reply_Adv_OTT Platforms |
