What is the purpose of this Act? Citizen Empowerment: This Act empowers every citizen to apply for information held by government officials. The main objective of this Act is to empower the citizens ...

Dharwad: Expressing serious concern over the mounting backlog of Right to Information (RTI) applications in Karnataka, the Karnataka Information Commission (KIC) has sharply criticised govt officials ...

Law students in Srinagar found their coursework on RTI applications met with resistance. Instead of clear answers, they faced delays, redirection, and subtle pressure to drop their queries. Some ...

Ahmedabad: Govt officers in Gujarat have been put on notice: the Gujarat Information Commission (GIC) will not tolerate the misinterpretation of its rulings. Amid growing complaints that officials ...

The appellate authority held that public authorities under the RTI Act must only provide information already available in records. They are not obligated to create or compile new data or ...

A generalized denial without explanation was contested as contrary to Sections 3 and 7(1) of the RTI Act. The applicant ...

The RTI Act has a provision that where a request cannot be made in writing, officials shall render assistance to the person to make the request orally.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)Getty ...

The absence of Bangladesh's three information commissioners—vacancies that, almost a year and a half on—have left the Right to Information (RTI) regime severely debilitated, with replacements still ...

Perturbed by the pendency of the Right To Information (RTI) applications and appeals with some of its divisions beyond the stipulated timelines, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) ...

Often people hesitate in getting involved with anything even remotely involving government officials or offices these days. They know that the path will be blocked by corrupt police officers, delayed ...