Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 150
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 151
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
LATEST NEWS UPDATES | RTI may now face privacy hurdle -Rumu Banerjee

RTI may now face privacy hurdle -Rumu Banerjee

Share this article Share this article
published Published on Aug 26, 2017   modified Modified on Aug 26, 2017
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court ruling on right to privacy being a fundamental right could lead to an uncertain impact on right to information as some activists and experts are warning that the order could leave RTI facing new challenges. Former chief information commissioner A N Tiwari said, "Privacy has been addressed by the RTI Act, under sections 8(1)(j) and Section 11.

However, the fact is that there is certain conflict between the RTI Act and the right to privacy. What is possible is that orders for disclosure will now be challenged." In fact, according to Tiwari, sections 8(1)(j) and section 11 may itself be challenged, as the definition of "public good" gets questioned. "RTI had created a weak situation for disclosure of private information.

Pressure to disclose is high in public authorities, prompting private information being disclosed for 'public good'. The use of the term is too wide. Someone is bound to challenge the definition of the term and the sections, now that right to privacy is a fundamental right," he said.

Whether a person's right to information can overrule the right to privacy is a question that has been at the heart of the RTI Act 2005.

Interestingly, the government had made provisions to safeguard privacy more than a decade ago, thus recognising it as a right, a point alluded to by the nine-judge bench that ruled that right to privacy is a fundamental right on Thursday.

Please click here to read more.

The Times of India, 26 August, 2017, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rti-may-now-face-privacy-hurdle/articleshow/60227727.cms


Related Articles

 

Write Comments

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

Video Archives

Archives

share on Facebook
Twitter
RSS
Feedback
Read Later

Contact Form

Please enter security code
      Close