Top Law News No disclosure under RTI at pre-detention stage: SC July 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on No disclosure under RTI at pre-detention stage: SC The state is not under an obligation to disclose under the Right to Information Act(RTI) the grounds of detention of a person under a preventive detention law before his arrest, the Supreme Court has ruled. A three-judge bench of justices Altamas Kabir, Gyan Sudha Misra and J Chelameshwar said a detune under the preventive detention […] Read more » Article 22 of the Constitution Article 22(5) clauses (1) and (2) of Article 22 COFEPOSA Justice Altamas Kabir NSA preventive detention laws preventive detention laws like NSA Right to Information Act RTI RTI Act. RTI at pre-detention stage SC Section 3 of the RTI Act Section 3 of the RTI Act 2005 section 8(1) of the RTI Act sub section (1) of Section 8 of the RTI Act Supreme Court
Top Law News Gujarat riots: CIC order reversed to reveal communication between PM, Prez July 11, 2012 / July 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today set aside a Central Information Commission’s(CIC) order to the Centre to reveal to it the communication between erstwhile Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and President K R Narayanan over the 2002 Gujarat riots. Justice Anil Kumar gave the order, allowing the Centre’s appeal against the CIC’s directions. In the facts […] Read more » Article 74(2) Article 74(2) of the Constitution of India Atal Behari Vajpayee Central Information Commission CIC Delhi High Court erstwhile Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee Gujarat riots K R Narayanan President K R Narayanan Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee RIGHT TO INFORMATION Right to Information Act RTI Act.
Top Law News Centre to bring RTI in school curriculum July 9, 2012 / July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With an aim to generate awareness on the Right to Information Act(RTI), the Centre is considering introduction of lessons on various facets of the transparency law in the school curriculum. The department of personnel and training (DoPT), which acts as a nodal agency for matters related to RTI Act, is in talks with the National […] Read more » National Council of Educational Research and Training NCERT Right to Information Act RTI RTI Act. RTI in school curriculum
Top Law News Plea to make officials’ appraisal reports public January 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The performance appraisal reports of government staffers, officially known as the Annual Confidential Report (ACR), may not be confidential anymore, with a petition before the Delhi High Court seeking to make them available under the RTI Act in “public interest”. The petitioner — RTI activist R.K. Jain — has raised the question whether performance […] Read more » ACR Annual Confidential Report Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Shah RTI RTI Act.
Intellectual Property News President Pratibha Patil declares assets worth Rs.2.5 crore July 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a first for any Indian Head of State, President Pratibha Patil today declared her assets which include movable and immovable properties worth over Rs 2.49 crore. The President, who today completed four years in office, posted the details of her wealth and properties on her official website. The declaration by the President came after […] Read more » President declares her assets President Pratibha Patil RTI Act.
Top Law News ‘Penalty imposed for denial of information unjustified’ December 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A penalty of Rs.25,000 imposed on a public information officer for not supplying information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act was not justified, the Gujarat high court has held. However, the officer was fined Rs.10,000 for not discharging his duty. A single judge bench of Justice Akil Kureshi passed the order while hearing an […] Read more » RTI Act.