Tag: RTI

Vacancies, Backlogs, and increased governmental involvement: How the RTI Act has lost its glory!

The recent Supreme Court judgement brings to attention the attempts made by the Centre over the past few years to dilute the powers of the one law that has the power to hold the Government accountable

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

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