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Major need for reform in information commissions: RTI report card on the performance, 2023-24
A report by Satarak Nagrik Sanghatan, reveals that seven out of 29 Information Commissions (ICs) were defunct for varying periods of time between July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, four continue to be defunct, five State Commissions are without a Chief, more than 4 lakh cases are pending in ICs across India and 14 Commissions have an estimated waiting time of more than 1 year to dispose a matter
India’s RTI Act struggles to survive as backlog, lack of staff persists
Recent report by Satark Nagarik Sangathan reveals staggering figures showing how the condition of the Right to Information Act has deteriorated over the years.
Apply, apply, no reply? RTI faces quiet death as CIC is all set to go into ‘lockdown mode’
In September 2023, twenty-four hours after being released by...
Not providing information amounts to smothering the very purpose of RTI: Guj HC
The Court directed the Ahmedabad Police to furnish Rules under the Gujarat Police Act and make available all laws which govern the Police, for public access, on their website
Summoned by cops after he files RTI on RSS, victim approaches Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench recently issued notice...
Madras HC suggests considering RTI queries related to Covid be taken up everyday
The court asked the state and Central Information Commission to take this matter into consideration and communicate its decision to the petitioner
SC refuses to disclose probe report into ‘conspiracy’ against Judiciary
Recently, the SC cited this report, closing a suo motu case initiated to examine the sexual harassment allegations against former CJI Ranjan Gogoi
Public authority must give cogent reason to withhold information under RTI Act: Delhi HC
The court observed that reasons to withhold information need to align with public interest, without suppressing facts
NPR on backburner, questions yet to be finalised
The Registrar General of India said in its response to an RTI application that the NPR schedule has not been finalised
How many Birth Certificates digitized across states: Activist files RTI
Saket Gokhale demands answers from MeitY to gauge extent of document digitization in the run up to the NRIC
Public consultation? Govt of India ‘didn’t consult’ even CIC before amending RTI Act
Information accessed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act...