Central Information commission
Section-18. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Central Information Commission or State Information Commission, as the case may be, to receive and inquire into a complaint from any person,—
Who has been unable to submit a request to a Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, either by
reason that no such officer has been appointed under this Act, or because the Central Assistant Public Information Officer or State Assistant Public
Information Officer, as the case may be, has refused to accept his or her application for information or appeal under this Act for forwarding the same to
the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer or senior officer specified in sub-section (1) of section 19 or the Central
Information Commission or the State Information Commission, as the case may be;
Who has been refused access to any information requested under this Act;
Who has not been given a response to a request for information or access to information within the time limit specified under this Act;
Who has been required to pay an amount of fee which he or she considers unreasonable;
Who believes that he or she has been given incomplete, misleading or false information under this Act; and
In respect of any other matter relating to requesting or obtaining access to records under this Act.
Where the Central Information Commission or State Information Commission,
as the case may be, is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to inquire into the
matter, it may initiate an inquiry in respect thereof.
The Central Information Commission or State Information Commission, as the case may be, shall, while inquiring into any matter under this section, have the same
powers as are vested in a civil court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, in respect of the following matters, namely:—
Summoning and enforcing the attendance of persons and compel them to give oral or written evidence on oath and to produce the documents or things;
Requiring the discovery and inspection of documents;
Receiving evidence on affidavit;
Requisitioning any public record or copies thereof from any court or office;
Issuing summons for examination of witnesses or documents; and
Any other matter, which may be prescribed.
Notwithstanding anything inconsistent contained in any other Act of Parliament or State Legislature, as the case may be, the Central Information
Commission or the State Information Commission, as the case may be, may, during the inquiry of any complaint under this Act, examine any record to which this Act
applies which is under the control of the public authority, and no such record may be withheld from it on any ground.
Competition Commission
Preamble to the Competition Act
An Act to provide, keeping in view of the economic development of the country, for the establishment of a Commission to prevent practices having adverse effect on competition, to promote and sustain competition in markets, to protect the interests of consumers and to ensure freedom of trade carried on by other participants in markets, in India, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
To achieve its objectives, the Competition Commission of India endeavours to do the following:
Make the markets work for the benefit and welfare of consumers.
Ensure fair and healthy competition in economic activities in the country for faster and inclusive growth and development of economy.
Implement competition policies with an aim to effectuate the most efficient utilization of economic resources.
Develop and nurture effective relations and interactions with sectorial regulators to ensure smooth alignment of sectorial regulatory laws in tandem with the competition law.
Consumer Commission
The Consumer Commission has been classified into three tier system based upon their respective jurisdictions:
The District Forum
State Commissions
The National Commission
Election Commission
Election commission are vested with the primary responsibility of conducting elections across India for Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Vidhan Sabha & VidhanParishad along with other Local bodies as articulated in our Indian constitution. Article 324 to 329 of our Indian Constitution clarifies about the role, responsibility, duties & functions of the Election Commission of India.
Electricity Regulatory Commission
ERC has to make sure that the tariffs for Electricity are well regulated as per norms, there should be standardisation of planning and other issues that falls under the purview of electricity monitoring.
Human Rights commission
HRC plays a very important role in India as far as Human rights are concerned. They are instrumental in making sure that rights of individual are protected to the best possible level and there is no form of violation as far as Human Rights are concerned.
Law Commission
Law commission is important body that plays a supplementary function in providing assistance to the Ministry of Law & Justice.
ion in furtherance of law reform in India.
