Top Law News Rationale behind passing judgement can’t be revealed under RTI: SC June 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The rationale behind passing judgements or orders by courts cannot be disclosed to litigants under the Right to Information Act, Supreme Court has said. An appellate authority of the Supreme Court, constituted under the RTI Act, dismissed the plea of an RTI activist who had sought information on the rationale for passing orders on review […] Read more » news Rationale behind passing judgement Right to Information Act RTI Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Bill to amend RTI Act likely in parliament Monday August 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government is Monday likely to introduce in the Lok Sabha a bill to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act to keep political parties out of its ambit, informed sources said. The issue has been in the limelight after a June 3 Central Information Commission (CIC) order stated that six national political parties would […] Read more » Bill to amend RTI Act likely in parliament Monday Central Information Commission CIC national news news RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Sibal explains why RTI amendment is needed August 3, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Sibal explains why RTI amendment is needed The government on Friday strongly defended the cabinet decision to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act in order to keep political parties out of its ambit, saying no political party could function if the CIC order was implemented. The issue has been in the news after a June 3 Central Information Commission (CIC) order stated that six national […] Read more » Law Minister Kapil Sibal national news news Right to Information Act RTI RTI amendment Sibal explains why RTI amendment is needed todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News PM urged not to amend RTI Act August 1, 2013 / August 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Activists and citizens Wednesday urged the prime minister not to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The petition to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, signed by around 300 people, came after a Central Information Commission order that declared six political parties to be public authorities. “It is reported that the government is considering the introduction […] Read more » former information commissioner Sahilesh Gandhi Harsh Mander Jean Dreze NAC members Aruna Roy national news news PM urged not to amend RTI Act Right to Information Act RTI todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News PM petitioned against amendments to RTI Act July 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Activists have launched an online petition addressed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the amendment likely to be made to the Right to Information (RTI) Act in the upcoming parliament session. “We are informed that the government is thinking of amending the RTI Act to negate the Central Information Commission order that the political parties are public authorities under the act,” said […] Read more » National Campaign for People's Right to Information national news NCPRI news PM petitioned against amendments to RTI Act RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News RTI Rules Row: SC seeks Alld HC registry response July 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Allahabad High Court Registry’s response on a PIL challenging the provisions of RTI rules framed by it for divulging information to the public as being unconstitutional and ultra-vires of the 2005 transparency law. A bench of Justice AK Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar issued a notice to the […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Allahabad High Court (Right to Information) Rules 2006 Allahabad High Court's RTI Rules 2006 Article 19(1)(a) Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution Delhi High Court Justice AK Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules 2006 RTI RTI applications RTI Regulation of Fee and Cost Rules 2006 RTI rules RTI Rules Row SC Supreme Court
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 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.
Top Law News Over 7,500 Pakistanis overstayed in India: RTI November 14, 2011 / November 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As many as 7,691 Pakistanis and 32,644 Bangladeshis were found to be overstaying in India even after their visas expired, a Right to Information (RTI) reply has revealed. The information was given by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Foreigners Division, in response to an RTI application by activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal. The foreigners division […] Read more » activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal Over 7500 Pakistanis overstayed in India RTI
Top Law News Four IRS officers’ resignations pending: RTI October 30, 2011 / October 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Apart from Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal, the resignations of three other Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers have not been accepted by the government due to pending formalities, a Right to Information (RTI) reply revealed Sunday. The information was given by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in response to an RTI application by […] Read more » Income-Tax Department Indian Revenue Service RTI
Media & Entertainment News Tackling corruption top of government agenda: Prime Minister October 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Institution of a “strong and effective” Lokpal, reducing discretionary powers of public authorities and ensuring transparency in government contracts were on top of his government’s agenda, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday. He also stressed that the nation must “seize this moment” to bring in far-reaching changes in fighting corruption. “We are on the […] Read more » RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI Tackling corruption top of government agenda
