SC likely to hear petitions challenging sections of India’s first privacy law this monthThe petitioners are the Reporters' Collective, the Editors Guild of India, the National Campaign for People's Right to Information, Mazdoor...
13 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on PIL challenging provisions of digital personal data protection lawThe Supreme Court has asked the Centre to respond to a petition. The petition challenges parts of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act,...
13 Apr, 2026, 01.15 PM IST
Privacy Act may be sent to AG for judging RTI impactAt a meeting chaired by minister for electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday, the stalled Act, which bestows individuals with greate...
02 Jul, 2025, 02.52 PM IST
Repeal Sec 44 (3) of Data Act as it destroys RTI Act: Jairam Ramesh's Letter to I&B Min Ashwini VaishnawJairam Ramesh, a Congress MP, urged IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to repeal Section 44 (3) of the Data Protection Act, 2023. He argued that ...
24 Mar, 2025, 12.50 AM IST
Manmohan Singh was committed to idea of accountability and transparency: RTI activistsFormer Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was integral in implementing the Right to Information Act in 2005, fostering transparency and accounta...
27 Dec, 2024, 05.05 PM IST
Over 40 vacant posts of information commissioners, 2 states without CICs: Report on RTI Act implementationOf the 42 vacant posts, two are of CICs (in Gujarat and Jharkhand) and 40 of information commissioners (including the highest of four each ...
11 Oct, 2022, 04.45 PM IST
Government breaches RTI by refusing to divulge land ordinance detailsThe ministry had been directed by CIC in June to divulge Cabinet note, file notings and all government communication on the Land Acquisitio...
10 Aug, 2016, 03.58 AM IST
CIC gives pro-disclosure order on Land Acquisition OrdinanceThe transparency watchdog had clubbed cases on a single day of applicants who had sought information from on the Land Ordinance.
28 Jun, 2016, 02.00 AM IST
CIC reserves order on AAP being public authority bringing it under the ambit of RTIPlea filed by Neeraj sought voter card related records of Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, sought submissions from the Delhi CM and h...
01 Jun, 2016, 07.07 PM IST
'Ten exemptions by Modi government in amended Whistleblowers Protection Bill'Modi government had introduced amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act to introduce certain categories of exemptions.
05 Aug, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
HC told designated standing counsel appointed in expelled AAP MLA Vinod Kumar Binny's caseDuring the proceedings, AAP's counsel Prashant Bhushan said the petition is "premature" and there is no immediate threat to Binny.
11 Sep, 2014, 08.22 PM IST
Nothing wrong in bringing political parties under RTI: Shashi TharoorTharoor sought to know why Left leaders were opposed to political parties being brought under the purview of RTI when they claimed that all...
12 Oct, 2013, 07.34 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi's ordinance comment: Mummy had shown the wayGandhi’s letter to the PM said that the RTI Bill “overlooked certain crucial recommendations” of the National Advisory Council she headed.
08 Oct, 2013, 06.18 AM IST
- No proposal to review RTI: Salman Khurshid
Khurshid said that there were no immediate plans to tweak the legislation. "If you say that we'll make any fundamental changes in RTI, the ...
17 Oct, 2011, 01.30 AM IST
- RTI amendment: Sonia, PM not on same page?
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had firmly resisted changes to the RTI Act despite the government being keen to tinker with the transparency le...
10 Apr, 2010, 04.41 AM IST
- Sonia, PM differ on amendments to RTI Act
Ms Gandhi says the govt should adhere to RTI Act's original aims.
10 Apr, 2010, 03.34 AM IST
- PM cautions against middlemen in RTI Act
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the Right to Information cannot be the privilege of few and cautioned against growth of “profe...
16 Oct, 2006, 12.56 AM IST