-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Political parties will be out of the purview of the RTI Act with a proposed amendment that is likely to be taken up by the Union Cabinet on Thursday. The move comes even as several prominent civil activists have petitioned PM Manmohan Singh urging him not to go ahead with the amendments without consultation. According to sources, the government plans to amend the definition of public...

-Deccan Chronicle Chennai: A teacher who appeared for the Teacher Eligibi­lity Test sued the TRB (Teacher Recruitment Board) for causing severe mental agony to him by not giving correct ans­wers in the RTI reply for three questions which appeared in the exam. The court ordered the TRB official to pay Rs 5,000 as compensation to the litigant. N. Arasakumaran of Karur filed a complaint with the Karur consu­mer court in December...

-The Hindu Oblivious of the fact that misrepresentation on the Internet amounts to creation of false electronic record, which is punishable with even imprisonment, a large number of people, including minors, are opening accounts on social networking websites by making false disclosures about their name, age and place. Legal experts have cautioned that such misrepresentation can invite penal action. "Creating false electronic record is an offence under the Information Technology Act and...

-The Hindu   Explain how minors are getting into Facebook and Google, Delhi High Court asks govt. The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Union government to explain how it was allowing children below 18 years to open accounts in social networking sites such as Facebook and Google. A Division Bench of Justices B.D. Ahmed and Vibhu Bakhru asked the Centre to respond within 10 days when counsel for the former BJP leader,...

-The Hindu The Government of India took a major step forward in enabling Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to file applications under the Right to Information Act this week, announcing that it has launched a service called "elPO," or Electronic Indian Postal Order. Using this, NRIs across the world may now be in a position to file RTI applications conveniently via direct payment of fees for the same. According to an Office Memorandum put...