Kanjhawala case: Court adjourns hearing on accused Ashustosh Bhardwaj's bail pleaBhardwaj's advocate had moved the plea on Monday, saying the offences were bailable in nature and the accused had cooperated with police af...
10 Jan, 2023, 02.34 PM IST
Only final decisions, not discussions, of Collegium need to be made public: SCThe Supreme Court on Friday held that only final decisions of its Collegium are required to be made public and not its discussions, dismiss...
10 Dec, 2022, 12.11 AM IST
Collegium a multi-member body whose tentative decision cannot be brought in public domain: Supreme CourtThe top court passed the verdict on a petition by RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj against a Delhi High Court order dismissing her plea seeking...
09 Dec, 2022, 05.00 PM IST
SC asks Centre, states to file compliance report on its 2019 verdict to fill vacancies at CIC, SICsA bench headed by Justice S Abdul Nazeer said that the Centre and states will have to give within four weeks the details of the vacancies a...
07 Jul, 2021, 12.54 PM IST
Justice Lokur, Prashant Bhushan speak out against arrest of students, activistsBhushan also sought a review of the order challenging his conviction. Bhushan had in two of his tweets been sharply critical of the Supreme...
15 Sep, 2020, 08.15 AM IST
Supreme Court issues notice on unorganised labour paymentsSolicitor general Tushar Mehta opposed the plea filed by activists Harsh Mander and Anjali Bhardwaj, saying that such “PIL shops” must be c...
03 Apr, 2020, 11.50 PM IST
- CIC refuses to release transparency audit of central ministries
Anjali Bhardwaj of National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) had filed an RTI application earlier this month, seeking a c...
30 Aug, 2018, 08.07 PM IST
Activists seek SC mediation amid soaring vacancies at info panelsRTI activists Anjali Bhardwaj, Amrita Johri and Lokesh Batra have approached Supreme Court seeking judicial intervention to straighten out ...
07 Jun, 2018, 11.46 PM IST
Govt quietly kills timeline for replies to public queriesThe manual, which earlier set out a timeline for communication between the govt and the public, has, in its latest edition, gone silent on ...
17 Jan, 2018, 12.39 PM IST
Citing incomplete paperwork, CIC returns over half the casesRTI activists have cried foul accusing the Commission of returning the appeals to keep pendency figures, which had touched an all-time high...
12 Jan, 2018, 09.02 AM IST
At 7 commissioners, CIC to hit lowest strength in 3 yearsAs information commissioner Manjula Prasher retires on Monday, the commission will be down to its lowest strength in three years.
11 Jan, 2018, 10.48 AM IST
Government refuses info on deliberations of panel on data protectionThe denial of information is in violation of the RTI Act as there is no legal provision to deny information merely because it is not in the...
04 Jan, 2018, 11.01 AM IST
RTI may now face privacy hurdleWhether a person's right to information can overrule the right to privacy is a question that has been at the heart of the RTI Act 2005.
26 Aug, 2017, 11.59 AM IST
Government refuses to divulge CIC's appointment detailsCall it ironical or plain bureaucratic secrecy, the government does not want to share the details of appointment of new Chief Information C...
05 Jan, 2016, 09.22 PM IST
PMO blocks access to information on ministers’ assetsNCPRI member Anjali Bhardwaj said, "We are convinced that the PM does not want to be transparent and give people information."
27 Feb, 2015, 10.08 AM IST
Probe information, not the informer, say activistsIn Ranjit Sinha row, SC order to reveal identity of whistleblower who disclosed CBI chief visitors' logbook to Prashant Bhushan has outrage...
16 Sep, 2014, 12.05 PM IST
Protests for quick passage of Whistleblowers protection bill; protesters meet Rahul Gandhi, Arun Jaitley, Ravi Shankar PrasadScores of activists and kin of those who failed to receive protection after exposing corruption today demanded early passage of the whistle...
07 Feb, 2014, 10.11 PM IST