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Tag: Right to Information

Lok Prahari: A Struggle for Legislative Accountability and Reform

On April 19, 2018 By Hrishika Jain In Legislative Reform, Right to Information, Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court’s [‘SC’] decision in Lok Prahari v. Union of India marks an important addition to electoral reform jurisprudence in India. In this case, the Court issued directions for the institution of a permanent …

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How the CIC missed the wood for the trees

On June 10, 2013 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The Right to Information Act, 2005, with its 31 sections and two schedules, is one of the outstanding legislations of Indian Parliament.   In view of its inherent potential to ensure accountability of the institutions of …

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Guest Post: Composition of Information Commissions

On October 15, 2012 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

Guest Post by Shibani Ghosh, Research Associate, Centre for Policy Research and former Legal Consultant to the CIC The Supreme Court’s judgment in Namit Sharma v Union of India with respect to the composition of Information …

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Guest Post: Bringing transparency and efficiency in Government functioning

On April 21, 2010 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

The following is a guest post from Sushant Sinha, the person behind Indian Kanoon. ——————————————————————– While the Right to Information (RTI) Act empowers Indians to obtain anyinformation about government functioning, it is still mostly reactive …

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Delhi High Court RTI judgment

On January 14, 2010 By Aparna Chandra In Uncategorized

The Delhi High Court RTI judgment (holding that the CJI’s office comes under the purview of the RTI Act) is available at: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/22007185/APS12012010-LPA5012009 It is interesting that this, and all other judgments, start with the …

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Prevention of Torture Bill 2008, and transparent law-making

On April 25, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Several readers have enquired about the draft Prevention of Torture Bill 2008, mentioned in my article on impunity provisions. This blog discussed the possibility of bipartisan consensus on outlawing torture in the aftermath of the …

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Protesting against the judges, and how do we protest

On February 27, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

The Campaign for Judicial Accountability organised a public protest on the judicial assets declaration case outside the Supreme Court yesterday. Among various independent activists, students and lawyers who lent support at today’s demonstration, notably present …

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RTI on Appointment of Judges: A partial success

On February 16, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

RTI applicant, D.K.Mishra has achieved partial success with regard to his application seeking information concerning the appointment of Judges in the Guwahati High Court from the CPIO of the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government …

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E-Legal: The Government efforts, shortcomings and suggestions

On February 14, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Guest Post from Sushant Sinha: Government has taken significant effort in making primary legal resources publicly available on the Internet. The commitment seems to be present but what is lacking is in details. M J …

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RTI – Judges’ assets declaration case

On February 12, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

The appeal filed by the Supreme Court against the of the decision of the Central Information Commission in the judges’ assets declaration case has been discussed on this blog here and here. In this article …

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