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Court rejects plea for disclosure of Sonia's religion under rti

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking a direction to the census officer to disclose information on the “religion and faith” of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi. A Bench of Justices R.V. Raveendran and A.K. Patnaik dismissed the petition filed by the former DGP of Haryana, P.C. Wadhwa, challenging a judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court that held personal information...

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Make public expenses of PM's relatives on foreign tours: CIC

The Prime Minister's Office has been directed by the Central Information Commission (CIC) to provide details of the expenditure incurred on the PM's relatives accompanying him on visits abroad. The CIC rejected the PMO's argument that it did not have such records. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Protocol Division of the External Affairs Ministry have both stated they do no have these records with an rti application shuttling between the...

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The People Legislate by Saikat Datta

For over a year, travelling to various parts of the country, activist and prime mover of the Jan Lokpal Bill, Arvind Kejriwal, has been repeating the same story over and over again, on the anti-corruption structures we have currently. Last month, at a huge gathering of rti activists in Shillong, Meghalaya, he explained. “When an official acts as a whistle-blower and complains against his boss, a senior officer, the Central...

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Make Sure The Cure Isn’t Worse Than The Disease by Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey

Itself the outcome of a bottom-up movement, the Jan Lokpal bill ironically proposes a centralised framework against graft. Without checks and balances. There was never any doubt that India needs a strong Lokpal Act. The protest has paved the way for its enactment. With the exultation over the anti-corruption campaign’s ‘victory’ quieting down, it’s time to take stock. Nuanced arguments—and indeed substance—have to recover lost ground to take the discourse...

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rti activist attacked with sword in Maharashtra

An activist promoting the Right to Information Act in Maharashtra has been attacked with a sword. He is in hospital. Popat Barge was attacked in the Satara district on Sunday night, possibly in retaliation for his attempts to use the rti to check on illegal construction. Mr Barge is a member of Anna Hazare's organization against corruption - Bhrastachar Virodhi Jan Andolan (The People's Movement Against Corruption). ...

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