Right to Information (RTI) activists from across the country Tuesday hailed the Delhi High Court’s ruling upholding its single bench order that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) comes within the purview of the RTI Act and details of judges’ assets should be revealed under it.
‘I have no words to express the [...]
The Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce itself Tuesday on the Supreme Court registry ’s appeal against its earlier ruling that the office of Chief Justice of India comes within the purview of the Right to Information Act and details of judges’ assets should be revealed.
A bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash [...]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The year 2009 is set to be remembered as one that pitted the Supreme Court against the forces of transparency and left it contending with an ever-growing demand for accountability in the judiciary.
For the first time, the Supreme Court had to make its judges declare their assets, while the office [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) As much as 75 percent of citizens were dissatisfied with the quality of information provided under Right to Information Act, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Prithviraj Chavan admitted Wednesday.
Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, Chavan said that 12 percent of the women [...]
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Vice-President M. Hamid Ansari Tuesday inaugurated the first national Right to Information (RTI) awards here and said that he was pleasantly surprised at the manner in which citizens across the country have taken the RTI route to secure justice.
‘I confess, I am pleasantly surprised at the manner in which common [...]
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Refusing information to an octogenarian under the Right To Information Act has cost a Delhi government official dear.
He will have Rs.4,500 deducted from his salary every month for the next five months as penalty for violating the RTI act provisions. The salary cut was imposed on the official by the [...]
New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union Law and Justice Minister Veerappa Moily and Opposition Party Leader L.K. Advani are meeting here on Friday to decide on who will become the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC).
The three-member committee was earlier scheduled to meet on October 27.
The meeting is taking place almost [...]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Prominent Right to Information (RTI) activist Shekhar Singh is among the persons being considered for the post of chief information commissioner (CIC), government sources said here.
‘Shekhar Singh is one of the prominent RTI activists and his name is among the top two names being considered for the post,’ a senior [...]
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Central Information Commission (CIC) directed the Presidents’ Office to seek the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Naveen Chawla’s opinion on disclosing a letter his predecessor R. Gopalaswami wrote to President Pratibha Patil regarding Chawla’s alleged ‘partisan’ functioning.
The decision came on an application filed by Right to Information (RTI) activist [...]
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) A government official in Dehradun, another in Mahbubnagar in Andhra Pradesh and a police official in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh have aided transparency in governance by providing complete and satisfactory information in all Right to Information (RTI) applications received by them. The three have been shortlisted for awards.
A study [...]
Lucknow, Oct 22 (IANS) One man’s Right to Information (RTI) application has led to the Uttar Pradesh land consolidation department admitting Thursday that living people were declared dead in its records due to irregularities.
The matter came to light when Lal Bihari, a man who had been declared dead, sought the records through the RTI Act.
‘I [...]
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) While the nation is celebrating four years of Right to Information (RTI) Act, officials of Noida authority seem to be working to stop the information flow to people, an activist alleged Monday.
‘Under the RTI Act, a first appeal has to be heard by the appellate authority within 30 days. This [...]
New Delhi, Oct 12 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil on Monday said that there was a need to cut down on frivolous Right to Information (RTI) applications flooding various government departments.
Inaugurating the fourth annual convention on RTI, President Patil said: “There is a fine balance which needs to be maintained between applications under the Right to [...]
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil will Monday inaugurate the fourth national convention on Right to Information (RTI) organised by the Central Information Commission (CIC), an official statement said here Sunday.
Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, central information commissioners, policy makers, social activists, academicians and NGOs, among others, will take part in the two-day [...]
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Grassroots beneficiaries and activists from across India Sunday gathered here at national convention on Right to Information (RTI) on the eve of the 4th anniversary of the central act to share their experiences and discuss how it can ensure proper implementation and delivery of public services.
The daylong convention was organised [...]
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The chief of India’s Central Information Commission (CIC), Wajahat Habibullah, is ‘not satisfied’ with what the Right to Information (RTI) Act has been able to achieve so far. He also feels the government has benefited from it.
‘No, I am not satisfied. More could have been done. Levels of awareness and [...]
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Aimed at highlighting the role of the Right to Information (RTI) in bringing a change in the common man’s life, the International RTI Film Festival (IRFF) will begin in the capital Wednesday.
Organised by a group of NGOs and civil society groups, the five-day festival will be inaugurated by Central Information [...]
