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News ScanBombay HC seeks probe into murder of RTI activist
The Bombay High Court has ordered the Maharashtra government to probe the brutal killing of Right to Information (RTI) activist Satish Shetty near Pune, amidst growing security concerns among activists about using the RTI Act against the local land mafia More... India’s top judge comes under RTIIn a landmark verdict, the Delhi High Court has said the Chief Justice of India is a public authority and his office comes within the ambit of the Right to Information Act, as the concept of judicial independence is not a judge’s personal privilege but a responsibility cast on the person More... More effective steps needed to implement RTI: studyThe resignation of Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah has once again brought implementation of the Right to Information Act in focus. A recent audit shows that the landmark legislation has achieved a success rate of only about one in four, and that there is huge scope of improvement More... CJI, SC judges declare assetsTwenty-one judges of the country’s highest court have declared assets owned by them and their spouses. The landmark move follows intense public debate about the importance of judicial accountability in India More... Karnataka best in RTI implementation, WB worstKarnataka emerges as the best implementer of the Right to Information (RTI) Act in a recent study on the efficacy of the pathbreaking legislation that, however, also reveals how far the country still has to go for full transparency More... RTI Act turns fourThe Right to Information Act completes four years of enactment on October 13, 2009, and the Indian government is planning to introduce amendments to make it easier for non-resident Indians to seek information, reduce the number of organisations exempt from the Act, and make it mandatory for government departments to voluntarily disclose certain types of information More... Corrupt officials listed on CVC websiteFor the first time, India’s Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has made public the names of corrupt officials. Until now, only the number of corrupt officials was being revealed More... Chief Justice's office falls under RTI: HCIn sharp contrast to Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan’s open stand that his office was outside the ambit of the Right to Information Act, the Delhi High Court has ruled that the office of Chief Justice of India is a public authority and falls within the purview of the transparency law More... SC judges decide to be transparent, to make their assets publicUnder pressure from within and outside, judges of the Supreme Court of India agree to declare their assets and wealth via declarations on the court’s website http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in More... |
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