Digest of RTI Cases

Right to Information Act 2005, is a revolutionary piece of comprehensive legislation. It is a very small Act. Even them there is panic among the implementers on account of confusion in interpreting various provisions and the legal words used by the Legislature. As a new practical regime as contemplated in the Right to Information Act has been operationalized and a new information disclosure jurisprudence is being evolved. Even then there happens to be confusion at times of taking decisions and resolving conflicting claims.
The crucial issues are now coming on the public agenda and thus this Act is leading way to Good Governance. There have been series of Hon'ble Supreme Court and various Hon'ble State High Court decisions on number of issues like public authority, third party, appeal procedures, fiduciary interest, public interest, substantially financed, controlled, imposition of penalty on PIO, disclosure, secrecy, privacy, penalty etc.
Therefore, a need was felt, in the form of a Digest of RTI Case Laws as an additional resource, both for the public and Commission at large. The decisions and rulings given by Supreme Court and High Courts play a vital role because various legislative terms, concepts and intricacies are interpreted by them. This helps in bringing uniform clarity at all levels.
The judgements have been incorporated in the present volume, under separate sectiononal order of the RTI Act-2005.
The Editors believes that this will be very useful, valuable and reliable resource for all the readers in general trainers, Public Information Officers, Appellate Authorities and Public Authorities in particular for interpreting various provisions of the Right to Information Act.
As a Digest, it is a summary of the cases and Head Notes with an intention whether or not the case is on point and worth consulting the full text. We have focused on expanding the reach across India while keeping it user friendly. However, it is advised that for making crucial decisions, readers must refer to original judgments from its source.
The Editors has taken every care and caution to make it accurate, however, there is a possibility that some error might have left or crept. The Editors would welcome suggestions from the readers for further enrichment of this Digest.

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