Rti Battles
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CBI not fully exempt from RTI, must provide information on human rights violations, corruption: HC
While the agency is listed among organisations exempted from the Act, it does not mean that the entire Act is not applicable to it, the court held.
Scroll Staff
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Electoral bonds: No public interest in revealing names of donors, says RTI body
The Central Information Commission said in an order that it will violate provisions of the RTI Act itself.
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Bombay HC asks Centre to clarify if only one activist’s personal data was uploaded online
The court sought to know if the details of every RTI applicant were displayed on the I&B ministry’s website.
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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In his new book, journalist Boria Majumdar addresses BCCI’s two-year ban after an online controversy
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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RTI Act amendments: Seven former information commissioners urge Centre to withdraw bill
They urged the government to refer the proposed legislation to a select committee for public consideration.
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Proposed amendments to 2005 RTI Act ‘severely restrict its scope’, say activists
They said RTI and Right to Privacy were two rights that need to be ‘carefully balanced’ in order to strengthen democracy.
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Gujarat MP asks Surat Municipal Corporation to ignore RTI queries (and break the law)
The majority of requests made under the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Gujarat's financial capital concern illegal construction.
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