Central Information Commission(CIC)

​Established           : 2005
Govt Body Type    : Statutory body

The Central Information Commission has been constituted in 2005 under the Right to Information Act, 2005. The jurisdiction of the Commission extends over all Central Public Authorities or  state Public Authorities. The Commission includes 1 Chief Information Commissioner  and not more than 10 Information Commissioners  who are appointed by the President of India. The first Chief Information Commissioner of India was Wajahat Habibullah.
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Selection
The appointment of commissioners in the Central Information Commission is made by a committee comprising the

• The Prime Minister, who shall be the Chairperson of the committee. 
• The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha  and
• A Union Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Prime Minister.

Eligibility

• the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners shall be persons of eminence in public life with wide knowledge and experience in law, science and technology, social service, management, journalism, mass media or administration and governance.
• Chief Information Commissioner or an Information Commissioner shall not be a Member of Parliament or Member of the Legislature of any State or Union Territory as the case may be , or hold any other office of profit or connected with any political party or carrying on any business or pursuing any profession.

Term Of Office

• RTI Act 2005 provides that the Information Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years  and shall not be eligible for reappointment as such Information Commissioners provided.
• The Information Commissioner is appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner, his term of office shall not be more than five years in aggregate as the Information Commissioner and the Chief Information Commissioner.

Power and Function
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

1. 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
2.  Requiring the discovery and inspection of documents
3. Receiving evidence on affidavit
4. Requisitioning any public record or copies thereof from any court or office.