{"id":54271,"date":"2018-10-02T21:44:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T16:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54271"},"modified":"2018-10-02T21:44:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T16:14:21","slug":"central-information-commission-brings-bcci-under-rti-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/central-information-commission-brings-bcci-under-rti-act","title":{"rendered":"Central Information Commission brings BCCI under RTI Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"54272\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/central-information-commission-brings-bcci-under-rti-act\/43ehf0d8_bcci-logo-afp_625x300_01_october_18\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/43ehf0d8_bcci-logo-afp_625x300_01_October_18.jpg?fit=806%2C605&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"806,605\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"43ehf0d8_bcci-logo-afp_625x300_01_October_18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/43ehf0d8_bcci-logo-afp_625x300_01_October_18.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/43ehf0d8_bcci-logo-afp_625x300_01_October_18.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/43ehf0d8_bcci-logo-afp_625x300_01_October_18.jpg?w=806&amp;ssl=1 806w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/43ehf0d8_bcci-logo-afp_625x300_01_October_18.jpg?resize=133%2C100&amp;ssl=1 133w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/43ehf0d8_bcci-logo-afp_625x300_01_October_18.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/43ehf0d8_bcci-logo-afp_625x300_01_October_18.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:\u00a0The Central Information Commission has pronounced the judgment stating that BCCI\u00a0\u00a0is covered under the RTI Act and answerable to the people of the country under its mechanism.\u00a0As a result of the ruling, the board is now &#8220;answerable to the people of the country&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The SC has also reaffirmed that the BCCI is the &#8216;approved&#8217; 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