-The Times of India   The query filed under the Right To Information Act (RTI) in August was quite clear but even after four months, there seems to be no hope of getting a reply to it. And even information commissioners are aware of the hurdles the applicants have to face. The applicant wanted to know if there was any Airports Authority of India (AAI) rule that prohibited an employee from discussing with...

-The Deccan Chronicle Henceforth if any government agency denies information under Right to Information Act (RTI), applicants need not wait for years for the intervention of the state information commission. Instead they can approach the district consumer disputes redressal forum. In a land mark judgment, II additional district consumer disputes redressal forum, of the city of Seshadripu ram has ruled that RTI applicants are also consumers and it is the responsibility...

-The Pioneer   The Central Information Commission has ordered that intelligence agencies like National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) cannot withhold information under the RTI Act on corruption-related matters and related in-house investigation details. The landmark decision is a serious blow to intelligence and security agencies, which often reject applications under RTI on corruption- related issues. In this case, CIC has directed NTRO to provide information on the in-house probe details on irregularities and corrupt...

-The Times of India   A resident of Satellite, Gunjan Mehta, submitted an application of complaint to senior city police officials after she was allegedly harassed by certain junior cops last week. The incident, according to the Mehta, took place when she had sought information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. She alleged that the police personnel with whom she spoke on this issue misbehaved with her. Mehta claimed in an application...

-KashmirDispatch.com   The government of India has refused to furnish a copy of Kashmir interlocutors' report to a top Right To Information (RTI) campaigner in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir RTI movement convener, Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat had sought a copy of interlocutor' report, but the Ministry of Home Affairs denied the request. The application for the report was filed by Dr Bhat on November 17, 2011 under the RTI Act 2005 of...