Open Government and Right to Information The most important function of democracy is open access of Government actions to its citizens. Keeping this in mind, framers of the Indian constitution divided the powers into three organs viz. legislature, executive, and judiciary. The three organs acted as a system of checks and balances. However, in order…
Proof of citizenship not necessary to annexed with RTI application: CIC The Central Information Commission noted in R.K Malik vs CPIO that an application of RTI cannot be rejected for not annexing proof of citizenship of the applicant. Facebook Instagram Twitter Linkedin Youtube CA Renu Singhallawwallet.in
Can Wife seek information about husband’s income ? In Rahmat Bano v. CPIO, the Income Tax Information Commissioner Neeraj Kumar Gupta, while relying on certain High Court orders where it was held that a wife is entitled to know what remuneration her husband is getting, directed the Income Tax Authority to provide the Appellant with ‘generic details’ of the net income of her husband….
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Constitutionality of RTI (Amendment) Act, 2019 On 12th October 2005, legislature enacted Right to Information Act, 2005 and replaced it with the controversial Freedom of Information Act, 2002. The main aim to bring about this Act was to form major independent statutory bodies such as Central Information Commission (CIC) and eradicate off most of the ties…
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