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Samosas in the spotlight: HC says RTI meant for governance, not snacksThe Bombay High Court addressed concerns about frivolous RTI applications, such as inquiries about samosas served in government offices, hi...- Guidelines on medical negligence under consideration, says Union Health ministryIt has been more than 17 years since the Supreme Court, for the first time in the Jacob Mathew case in 2005, directed the Centre to frame s...
- CIC dismisses 141 RTI pleas filed by one person against Delhi LG office on ground of 'irrelevance'The LG's office represented by noted RTI activist Subhash Agrawal said the applications have been replied to or transferred to the concerne...
- Delhi High Court stays CIC fine on DU for rejecting RTI queries on PM, IraniJustice Sanjeev Sachdeva observed that the RTI applicants "wasted judicial time" by filing "frivolous" pleas before the Central Information...
- Reply to every RTI application: Rajnath SinghAsserting that participation of people is increasing in framing policies, Singh said over 40,000 suggestions were received on GST.
- Amend law of notaries: CIC to Law MinistryCentral Information Commission has recommended to the Law Ministry to amend law of notaries and update notaries system leaving no scope for...
- Nagaland Information Commission rated as 'one of the best'With merely 0.7% of the RTI applications being rejected, the Nagaland Information Commission has been rated as "one of the best" Commission...
- CIC and state information commissions want a legal filter in RTI actThe Central Information Commission and the state information commissions want the government to introduce a legal filter in the Right to In...
- Frivolous RTI letters flood all officesRTI in India is littered with such frivolous applications, which activists complain, only contribute towards weakening the transparency law.
- Hindu terror remark: Court dismisses plea to call PM, Sonia Gandhi as witnessesA Delhi court has dismissed as being "part of political vendetta" a plea to summon Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Son...
- Sunday ET: RTI: Challenges so far and the changes neededWhile the UPA likes to package the RTI as its big-ticket achievement, the non-serious attitude of many public authorities towards RTI is a ...
- Centre to conduct study to ascertain RTI cost to government in providing information to citizensStudy to also find out whether UPA’s showpiece initiative has helped improve its ‘public perception about extent of reduction in corruption.
- Activists slam PM's remarks on RTI ActSocial activists said the existing Right To Information Act has adequate provisions to reject applications that are not legitimate.
- RTI should be circumscribed if it encroaches on privacy: Prime Minister Manmohan SinghVoicing concern over frivolous and vexatious use of RTI Act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the citizens' right to know should de...
- Five reasons why Ajay Maken's Sports Bill should have been rejectedPurely from a business of sports and practicality standpoint, it is difficult to support the draft Sports Bill, despite its attempt to prof...
- 'Word limit to RTI plea will be good disciplining tool'The CIC has also supported an established format on the argument that often applications tend to ramble on for several pages and do not ask...
- Right to information key to democracyInstead of delivering on the promise contained in the President's inaugural address to the 15th Lok Sabha , the government now seeks to cur...
- Sonia, PM differ on amendments to RTI ActMs Gandhi says the govt should adhere to RTI Act's original aims.
- Bid to penalise RTI activistInformation commissioner M M Ansari has directed the railways to recover the cost borne by its staff on travelling to attend hearings from ...
- Will politicians post wealth data?Will politicians follow judges in posting wealth details on web?
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