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  Supreme Court stays Kerala HC order declaring Cochin International Airport under RTI | Details

  India | August 25, 2025 18:55 IST

  The top court has stayed a Kerala High Court ruling that brought Cochin International Airport Limited under the RTI Act's ambit. The lawyer appearing for the airport submitted that CIAL is a company incorporated under the Companies Act.

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  SBI refuses to disclose electoral bonds data under RTI Act despite being available in public domain

  India | April 11, 2024 15:53 IST

  The Election Commission of India (ECI) on March 21 published the complete electoral bond data submitted by the State Bank of India (SBI) on the orders of the Supreme Court (SC).

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  23 people held in 6 months for extorting money by misusing RTI Act

  India | July 03, 2022 12:19 IST

  Some of the arrested accused were having police protection and a few of them also had arms licenses. But, after the arrest, their police security has been removed and their arms licenses seized

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  PM-CARES not govt fund, can't bring 3rd party info under RTI: Centre tells Delhi HC

  India | September 23, 2021 19:17 IST

  Another petition has also been filed to declare PM CARES as a 'public authority' under the RTI Act, which is being heard together with this plea.

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  NPAs of BoB, Indian Bank surge multi-fold in 6 years: RTI data

  Business | May 03, 2020 13:48 IST

  Non-performing assets of Bank of Baroda soared more than six-fold to Rs 73,140 crore while those of Indian Bank surged four-times to Rs 32,561.26 crore in six years, according to a Right to Information reply. The NPA of Bank of Baroda (BoB) rose from Rs 11,876 crore at March-end 2014 to Rs 73,140 crore at December-end 2019, the RTI reply showed.

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  NIA searches RTI activist Akhil Gogoi's house in Guwahati

  India | December 26, 2019 15:39 IST

  The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at the residence of RTI activist Akhil Gogoi, who was arrested earlier this month, in Guwahati, officials said. The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leader, whose custody is slated to end on Friday, was booked by the agency under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and stringent Unlawful (Activities) Prevention Act.

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  Office of Chief Justice of India is a public authority under RTI, says SC

  India | November 13, 2019 14:47 IST

  Earlier on January 10, 2010, the Delhi High Court had held that the office of the chief justice of India comes within the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) law, saying judicial independence was not a judge's privilege, but a responsibility cast upon him. The Supreme Court on Wednesday in its verdict said the office of Chief Justice of India is a public authority under RTI.

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  Activists urge President to withhold assent to RTI bill; detained by police

  India | August 01, 2019 15:47 IST

  The group of activists from National Campaign for People's Right to Information had gathered outside gate number 38 of Rashtrapati Bhavan to give their representation to President Ram Nath Kovind, urging him not to give his assent to the controversial bill.

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  Government diluting RTI to help corrupt steal: Rahul Gandhi

  India | July 27, 2019 23:39 IST

  His remarks came two days after the government passed the RTI Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday amid strong protests from the opposition parties.

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  Centre sees RTI Act as a nuisance: Sonia Gandhi

  India | July 23, 2019 11:14 IST

  The RTI (Amendment) Bill, 2019 seeks to make changes to the landmark transparency law and later the salary and tenure structures of Information Commissioners (ICs) in the states and at the Centre. It now needs clearance from the Rajya Sabha. 

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  Lok Sabha passes RTI Amendment Bill: Here is what you need to know

  India | July 22, 2019 18:56 IST

  A bill proposing to give the Centre the power to set the tenure and salaries of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioners was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday amid strong objection from the Opposition.

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  Amending RTI Act will end independence of information commissions: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

  India | July 22, 2019 11:07 IST

  Arvind Kejriwal who before coming into politics, extensively worked in the implementation of the Right to Information Act, claimed that the centre's decision to amend the RTI is a "bad move". 

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  CIC admonishes DoPT for 'wrongly' invoking exemption clause to deny info under RTI Act

  Business | July 07, 2019 23:33 IST

  The CIC has rebuked the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the nodal ministry of the RTI Act, for denying records related to the appointment of information commissioners and framing RTI rules and has asked the secretary to look into its "adverse findings".

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  After directions from state government, J&K Bank to now come under RTI Act

  Business | June 16, 2019 7:17 IST

  Sources said that the board was optimistic that the bank will achieve all the envisaged business targets in time and would do better on all performance indicators going forward.

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  65 LS members, 29 RS members yet to declare assets, reveals RTI

  India | September 03, 2018 14:33 IST

  Out of the MPs belonging to the lower house, 61 have not furnished their details since 2014, while four recently came to the house through by-elections, the Lok Sabha secretariat said. "The requisite declaration of Assets and Liabilities is awaited from 29 members of Rajya Sabha," RTI query revealed.

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  Srikrishna panel suggests amendments in RTI Act

  India | July 29, 2018 11:49 IST

  In its 213-page report that calls for a new legislation to protect an individual's right over his data, the committee said neither the right to privacy nor the right to information is absolute and the two will have to be balanced against each other in some circumstances.  

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  'BJP believes truth must be hidden': Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre over proposed changes to RTI Act

  Politics | July 19, 2018 12:35 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party's move to pass 'The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2018' "must be opposed by every Indian," Rahul said.  

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  Government to amend RTI Act, activists strongly oppose move saying it is aimed at lowering stature of CIC

  India | July 18, 2018 17:18 IST

  Many RTI activists have strongly opposed amendments to the RTI Act saying they are aimed at lowering the stature of Information Commissions from equivalent to the Election Commission (EC) and to do away with their five years fixed tenure.

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  BCCI top-brass adopts 'wait and watch' approach on Law Commission's recommendation to bring body under RTI ambit

  Cricket | April 19, 2018 12:16 IST

  The Law Commission, in its report, noted that BCCI falls under the definition of a public authority, which has received substantial financing from governments.

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  BCCI 'a limb of the State', it should be brought under RTI ambit: Law Commission

  India | April 18, 2018 17:34 IST

  The Law Commission of India has recommended that the Indian cricket board should be brought under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act.