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SC issues notice to Centre on Jairam Ramesh's plea challenging amendments
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre on a plea filed by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh challenging amendments made in the Right to Information Act.
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JNU clarifies on RTI sought for January 3 incident
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Jawaharlal Nehru University administration on Wednesday clarified over some media reports on a Right to Information query filed over January 3 incident at the Communication & Information Services at the Data Centre inside the university's premises.
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RTI application seeks proof of PM Modi's citizenship
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Thrissur (Kerala) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): A Right to Information (RTI) application has been moved before the Kerala information department seeking to know whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an Indian citizen.
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Chief of Defence Staff to come under RTI Act: MoS Defence
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 2 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for Defence Shripad Naik on Monday said in the Rajya Sabha that the Chief of Defence Staff will come under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005.
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Shiv Sena calls CJI's Office coming under RTI purview a 'historic decision
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): The Shiv Sena on Friday hailed the Supreme Court for ruling that the Chief Justice of India's Office is a "public authority" and comes under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act.
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Chief Justice of India's Office comes under RTI purview, rules SC
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Observing that transparency strengthens judicial independence, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the Chief Justice of India's Office is a "public authority" and comes under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act.
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CJI's office is 'public authority' under RTI Act, rules SC
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is "public authority" under the purview of the transparency law, Right to Information Act (RTI) and observed that the transparency does not undermine judicial independenc
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RTI Act applicable to office of Chief Justice: SC
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that the office of Chief Justice of India is a "public authority" and comes under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act while also adding that the transparency only strengthens the judicial independence.
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SC to pronounce judgment on inclusion of CJI's office under RTI Act tomorr
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court will, on Wednesday, pronounce the verdict on whether or not the office of Chief Justice of India comes under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act.
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Modi government sees RTI an obstacle to majotarian agenda, amendments aime
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said that Modi government has viewed the Right to Information (RTI) as "an obstacle to enforcing their majoritarian agenda" and that the amendments to the Act enacted by it will ensure that no information commiss
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SC seeks govt's reply on plea for online RTI portals
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and state governments to file reply on a plea seeking direction to establish Right to Information (RTI) web portals in all states to enable citizens, especially those living abroad, to file RTI applications online.
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Disclosure of information should increase which would reduce RTI applicati
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 12 (ANI): Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Sudhir Bhargava on Saturday said that the commission is urging officials to put up as much information as possible on the government websites so that Right to Information (RTI) applications reduce in the long run.
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