-The Times of India The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was exempted from the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act on the sole recommendation of attorney general Goolam Vahanvati. The RTI exemption for the CBI announced by the central government on June 9 was in contradiction with suggestions made by the law ministry and also department of personnel and training (DoPT), the nodal agency for RTI implementation. This was unearthed...
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Finance min asked to probe assets of former CJI
-The Times of India The home ministry has asked the finance ministry to conduct a probe into the assets of former Chief Justice of India, K G Balakrishnan, in what could possibly lead to action against him for allegedly possessing wealth disproportionate to his income. Sources said the ministry has written to the revenue secretary, asking him to institute an inquiry through the Central Board of Direct Taxes. "The inquiry would be...
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-Live Mint The investigating agency has been placed on the same footing as security and intelligence agencies—something that exempts them from RTI The government’s total exemption of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act could not have come at a more inopportune time. The investigating agency has been placed on the same footing as security and intelligence agencies—something that exempts them from RTI. It does...
More »CBI cites exemption, refuses info on graft
-The Times of India The CBI has refused to make public information about disproportionate asset cases against government servants, including bureaucrats and ministers, after last week's exemption under RTI Act given by the government. The Centre, through a notification issued on June 9, placed the agency in the organisations listed in the second schedule of Section 24 of the RTI Act which also comprises intelligence and security agencies. "The government...
More »CST armoury not a prohibited area, reveals RTI query by Meena Menon
MiD-Day's Akela was arrested under the Official Secrets Act over exposé on poor storage there WhileMiD-Day journalist Tarakant Dwivedi alias Akela was arrested and jailed last month under the Official Secrets Act (OSA), 1923, for doing a story on the poor storage of sophisticated weaponry at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), a Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed that the Railway Protection Force (RPF) armoury at the CST was not a...
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