In the five years of the Right to Information Act, activists who use it have faced reprisal across the country. OCTOBER 2010 marks the fifth anniversary of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The Act and its implementation have been described in both administrative circles and civil society as “revolutionary” , “a blow for transparency”, “a check on corrupt practices” and “a people's intervention tool with tremendous impact”. Social activists and...
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Revenge attacks by Lyla Bavadam
In Maharashtra, attacks on citizen-activists have increased with the greater use of RTI; four activists have been killed in the last seven months IN the late 1970s, a woman named Shobha Shirodkar was the victim of a hit-and-run in Mumbai. It was no accident. It was a case of Murder because Shobha, who was the principal of a prestigious school in the city, had opposed the land mafia and was believed...
More »Secrecy around Bill by V Venkatesan
The Union Cabinet approves a new Bill to protect whistle-blowers, but there is concern whether its provisions will amount to much. ON March 22, a special court in Patna pronounced three persons guilty in the Murder of Satyendra K. Dubey, a civil engineer from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He was shot dead on November 29, 2003, for blowing the whistle on corrupt practices in the Golden Quadrilateral Project in Bihar....
More »Gujarat MP's kin got RTI activist killed: Cops
Gujarat Police are close to solving the Murder of well-known Right to Information (RTI) activist Amit Jethwa, a killing that has caused widespread outrage. Investigation into the brutal killing of the RTI activist in July has zeroed in on the family of BJP strongman and MP Dinu Bogha Solanki. The Ahmedabad Crime Branch says that arrested constable Bahadur Singh Vadher has confessed that Shiva Solanki, who is Dinu Solanki's nephew, allegedly...
More »Nephew of BJP Junagadh MP under police scanner in Jethwa case
Junagadh BJP MP Dinu Solanki's nephew has come under the police scanner for his alleged role in the Murder of RTI activist and green crusader Amit Jethwa. Crime Branch officials said they are probing the role of Solanki's nephew Pratap alias Shiva Solanki, in the case and a team has left for Junagadh to question him in this connection. Sources in the crime branch alleged that Pratap could be the...
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