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2026 Supreme(Online)(CIC) 613

CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION
Raj Kumar Goyal, CJ
Akshay Kumar Malhotra – Appellant
Versus
CPIO Delhi Police, North West District – Respondent
Second Appeal No. CIC/DEPOL/A/2025/619717



Advocates:
For the Appellant: Akshay Kumar Malhotra
For the Respondent: Rajbir Singh, Rohit Gupta, Mantosh Kumar

Dissatisfaction with information under the RTI Act does not merit intervention if requests do not conform to legal standards.

Headnote:(A) Right to Information Act, 2005 - Sections 2(f), 7(1), 7(2), 7(3)(a), 7(6), 5(4), and 6(3) - Appellant sought detailed information regarding his Online FIR without satisfactory responses - The Commission observed that dissatisfaction with provided information does not warrant intervention when RTI provisions were upheld. (Paras 10-17)

(B) Misuse of RTI - Previous judgments indicate the misuse of RTI can undermine its effectiveness - Authorities are urged to ensure balanced handling of information requests to maintain public confidence. (Paras 18).

Table of Content
1. rti query seeks information on fir status. (Para 1 , 2)
2. appeal process after unsatisfactory initial response. (Para 3 , 4)
3. commission hearing reveals flaws in earlier responses. (Para 5 , 6)
4. contention on information provided not fulfilling criteria. (Para 7 , 8 , 9)
5. judicial pronouncements highlight rti limits. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13)
6. misuse of rti can affect transparency. (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17)
7. appeal dismissed without further intervention. (Para 18)

ORDER

1. The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 11.11.2024, before the CPIO, Delhi Police, North West District, seeking information as under:

“My RTI Application is related to information on action taken and status report on my Online FIR No. 80123380/2024 dated 25.10.2024 regarding cutting and Theft of stainless steel rods of exercise bars in Motey wala park shalimar bagh of Delhi Development Authority, Delhi-110088 I lodged Online FIR's of theft on very date of seeing the theft by me itself. So, this RTI is just to know the Status and action taken on my above mentioned theft FIR's.

Infact, the information asked by me through present RTI Application should have been made available to me suo-moto, in the normal course, but that didn't happen and that doesn't happen in Delhi Police for a common man, other than for the so called VIP's.

Intent of Larger Public Interest and deteriorating law and order situation in Shalimar Bagh Delhi by the Public Authority Delhi Police As such damages to public property as well as theft of property is a very regular feature which is a result of deteriorating law and order situation in Shalimar Bagh Delhi.

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Keeping above in mind, please provide me with the following information related to above mentioned FIR No 80123380/2024 dated 25.10.2024.

1. Please inform me the action taken on the said FIR.

2. Please inform me the status of the said FIR.

3. Please inform me various Sections and name of the Act/Law (Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) etc etc) under which my FIR is booked.

4. Please inform me the name(s) of all those Investigating officer(s) who is/are investigated my above mentioned FIR. Please inform me the PIS Numbers as well as Ranks of all such I/o and the period (from date: To Date:) during which the said investigation was under their control, for the said FIR.

5. Please inform me the name(s) of the people who are been questioned during investigation and the date(s) on which each of such persons were investigated, for the said FIR.

6. Please inform me the observations / findings of the I/o while investigating the said 2 FIR's, and also provide me with the certified copies of all such observations / findings of the I/o during investigation for the said FIR

7. I am to be provided with the certified copies of all such people who are/were investigated and the observations / findings of the I/o for each of all such people for the said FIR.

8. Please inform me and provide me with the certified copies of all such statements which are submitted by those people who were investigated by I/o during the course of investigation for the said FIR.

9. Please inform me the reason(s) in records, in case, the people which are been named and identified by I/o related to said FIR but are not been investigated, and also inform me the reasons for which such people are not investigated for the said FIR. 10. Please inform me name(s) and designation(s) of all those public servants in Delhi Police, who took the decision, for not investigating those people, who are been mentioned in point number 8 above, for the said FIR.

11. Please inform me the reason for change of I/o's, if there are more than 1 I/o in the said FIR.

12. Please inform me the reasons in records for I/o not even updating me about the status of my FIR, even though I/o is under obligation under BNS to provide me with the status of said FIR.

13. Please inform me names of the concerned public servants i.e. HC/ASI/SI from Shalimar Bagh Police S

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