Tag: Right to Information
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PIL filed for quashing appointment of Maha Info Chief
The PIL (91 of 2012, Krishna Harischandra Rao versus State of Maharashtra) is filed by five prominent RTI and good-governance activists.
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SC ruling on Info Commissioners cheer activists
In a far-reaching judgment, the Supreme Court has at last taken ownership of Information Commissions as being quasi-judicial bodies under itself.
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Appointment of CICs and Sushma Swaraj
Documents procured under RTI indicate that the latest batch of Central Information Commissioners (Rajiv Mathur, Vijai Sharma and Basant Seth) were selected by a more transparent process than earlier.
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Maharashtra RTI Rules Amendment tabled and passed
Is Maharashtra the only state to have passed such restrictive rules? No. Similar rule changes have been passed in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka, and attempts have been made in other states…
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Govt quietly notifies amendment to Maharashtra RTI Rules
There has been a startling breach of trust and public confidence by Government of Maharashtra. Without any public debate, the government has quietly notified an amendment to Maharashtra RTI Rules on January…
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Babus fine-tune art of being selector and candidate
Can the head of a premier administrative selecting agency select himself for a plum post?