Ten instances show how the digital data protection bill will undermine the RTI Act

The draft seeks to override the RTI Act and will facilitate the denial of all nature of ‘personal’ information.

Shailesh Gandhi

· 18 hours ago

BBC documentary: Centre still to share details of blocking order, declined RTI requests in the past

Under the Information Technology Rules, 2021, Centre has to share reasons for issuing blocking orders in writing, said the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 24, 2023 · 09:18 am

Privacy trumps transparency in the new data protection bill and that’s bad news for democracy

The public interest exception in the Right to Information act has deleted allowing information officers to deny all personal information in public records.

Prashant Reddy T

· Dec 01, 2022 · 09:00 am

How the proposed Data Protection Bill will undermine India’s Right to Information

A planned amendment says that all information that can be related to a person may be denied.

Shailesh Gandhi

· Nov 21, 2022 · 07:30 am

How a flawed interpretation of the RTI Act is being used to protect corrupt officials

Many agencies are denying information on the grounds that the information sought is personal and there is no larger public interest in its disclosure.

Shailesh Gandhi

· Sep 19, 2022 · 06:30 am

Full text: Ask courts not to accept pleas against RTI Act orders, information commissioners urge CJI

Fifteen sitting and retired information commissioners have said that their directions were being negated due to stay orders from various High Courts.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 13, 2021 · 08:27 pm

Supreme Court orders Centre, states to submit status reports on vacancies in information commissions

The court has also directed the governments to list the steps they have taken to fill up the vacancies.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 07, 2021 · 04:34 pm

How the weakening of Right to Information in Kashmir makes the fight against Covid-19 more difficult

By replacing the erstwhile state’s strong RTI Act with the central legislation, the Modi government has made it difficult to access information, say activists.

Athar Parvaiz

· Jun 08, 2021 · 07:30 am

RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj gets US anti-corruption award

Bhardwaj is the founder of the Satark Nagrik Sangathan, a citizens’ group working to promote accountability and transparency in governance.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 25, 2021 · 10:55 am

As attacks on RTI applicants continue, authorities must do more to bring perpetrators to justice

The highest number of attacks on RTI activists has occurred in Maharashtra, a new study shows.

Shikha Chhibbar

· Feb 24, 2021 · 09:00 am

‘What is wrong with you?’ SC pulls up Centre for not responding to plea on RTI Act in over a year

The court had, in January 2020, asked Centre to respond to a plea filed by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh against the Right to Information (Amendment) Act 2019.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 22, 2021 · 11:00 pm

Petitioners move SC seeking urgent hearing of plea on pending vacancies in Right to Information body

The petitioners noted that six posts are lying vacant in the Central Information Commission which has a backlog of 36,600 cases.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 20, 2020 · 02:59 pm