Rti Act

Minister says the new data law broadens citizens’ ability to seek information on how companies handle personal data.

Century Club comes under RTI ambit: Karnataka HC cites 1913 land grant by Mysuru Maharaja

The court pointed out that the club's entire existence is tied to the land granted in 1913, with all its facilities and benefits accessible only through physical presence on the premises.

Who is SEBI's 'chronic complainant' with 578 similar grievances?

Over the last few years, this person has filed more than 500 complaints on closely related topics, and was even temporarily blocked by the regulator.

SBI refuses to disclose electoral bonds' details under RTI Act

RTI activist Commodore (retired) Lokesh Batra approached the SBI on March 13 seeking the complete data of the electoral bonds in the digital form, as provided to the EC after the Supreme Court's order.

RTI Act can't be used to satisfy someone's 'childish curiosity': Varsity to HC on PM degree row

Kejriwal's advocate claimed information about PM's degrees was not available in public domain as claimed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.

Information held by HC can be given to third party as per rules, not under RTI: SC

The apex court said that when there is an effective machinery for having access to the information or obtaining certified copies which is a very simple procedure it does not find any justification for invoking the RTI Act and adopt a cumbersome procedure.

SC seeks Centre's reply on Jairam Ramesh's plea challenging validity of amended RTI Act

The plea, filed through advocate Sunil Fernandes, said that provision of the amended Act "alters the erstwhile fixed tenure" of five years of central information commissioners (CICs) and state information commissioners (SICs), to a "tenure to be prescribed by the central government".

SC directs Centre, states to appoint information commissioners in CIC, SICs within 3 months

The apex court also directed the authorities concerned to put on website the names of members of search committee, meant for selection and appointment of CIC's information commissioners (ICs), within two weeks.

RBI releases list of top wilful defaulters under RTI Act: Report

Among the 30 defaulters, three companies belong to fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi.

NGOs receiving substantial financing from govt come under RTI Act, says SC

The top court said the RTI Act was enacted with the purpose of bringing transparency in public dealings and probity in public life.

RTI success stories: 7 times the Act helped uncover scams, anomalies

In the past 14 years, RTI Act has been instrumental in uncovering a list of major scams.

Why the amendments to the RTI Act are far from routine

The government should not do anything that could circumscribe the independence of Information Commissioners

Policy | Model tenancy act is well intentioned but change unlikely soon

Land and urban development are state subjects and a new central law, once enacted, will be relevant only to the extent states decide to pass their own new laws on the subject in the light of the new central law.

Most of central govt dept websites lack transparency: CIC audit

Transparency watchdog Central Information Commission (CIC) has undertaken an evaluation to ascertain the quality of suo-motu disclosures under Section 4 of the RTI Act made by various public authorities.

Supreme Court to hear on February 6 plea to bring CBI under ambit of RTI Act

The case was first filed in the Delhi High Court, but later transferred to the top court after the Centre had said that several petitions in this regard have been filed in different high courts across the country.

BSNL likely to cut its workforce by 7% in FY18: Report

BSNL's employee base has 2,09,996 workers in 2016-17 and as on April 30, 2017, it expects the number to come down to 1,96,162.

Possession delayed? You can now file an FIR

A state police circular, directing the police stations across Maharashtra, to register complaints against builders who cheat home buyers and violate building norms, has evoked a mixed response from developers and home buyers. Swadesh &#82

Can RTI Act continue to remain meaningful?

Social activist Aruna Roy, the force behind the RTI, is not pessimistic about the future of the Act, while Gopal Krishna Gandhi, former governor of West Bengal and an ex-diplomat equates the RTI Act to the right to vote

Nationality details of RBI guv cannot be given: Gov

Government has refused to answer queries on the nationality of Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan citing a provision of the RTI Act which exempts information on cabinet documents to be disclosed.

RTI Amendment Bill may come up for discussion tomorrow

A Bill seeking to amend the RTI Act to shield political parties from providing information under the transparency law is scheduled to come up for discussion in Lok Sabha tomorrow.

No move to amend RTI Act for immunity to pol parties: Govt

Officials in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), which acts as nodal department for the implementation of RTI Act, said they have gone through the Central Information Commission's order and there was nothing that warranted their intervention.

Socio economic reforms: Speeding on the information highway

There has been a heavy emphasis on social reforms in India over the last several years. The nature of these social reforms has resulted in a situation where individuals have a bigger voice in the various events around them that occupy a spot in their daily lives.

Info members from judicial background not correct: SC

Votaries of transparency law told the Supreme Court that its direction for appointing people from judicial background as members of the Central and state information commissions was "legally not correct" and would lead to "frustrating" the whole objective of the RTI Act.

SEBI V/S CIC

Can the Right to Information or RTI Act prevail on a regulator to disclose its investigation findings pending prosecution? This month, the Chief Information Commissioner ruled it to be so. Payaswini Upadhyay asks experts if that in fact was the intent of the RTI Act.

Public authorities couldn't comply with RTI provisions: CIC

Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra today slammed public authorities for failing to comply with the suo-motu disclosure provisions of the Right to Information Act even after seven years of the implementation of the Act.