By: Ritika Gupta
NAGPUR: Even after Supreme Court remark calling Right to Information (RTI) a elementary proper, the truth is that it's very much misused nowadays. “Today, the location is so dangerous that the time period ‘RTI activists’ has develop into synonymous of ‘blackmailers,” said legal professional Ulhas Aurangabadkar at a lecture on RTI Act arranged by Dr Hedgewar Vyaspeeth at Dharampeth Mulanchi Shala recently.
The Act has ben designed with an goal to have transparency between the government equipment and the electorate of the rustic, he said and described its aims, and definitions of positive keywords. While talking concerning the goals, he wired that the governments and their various ministries and departments are accountable to the rustic.
He outlined the time period data within the Act as “Information as any subject matter in any form including information, reports, paperwork, memos, e-mails, press release, orders, contracts, evaluations, logbooks, advices, and so forth and every citizen has a proper to demand get entry to to it, excluding in a couple of cases”.
Talking about Section eight of the Act, be clarified it has reserved the appropriate to declare exemption from disclosure in positive cases like disclosing data referring to nation’s safety, data reserved underneath secrecy pacts, highbrow proprietary rights, patent data, data related to id of sufferers of positive crimes, or the id disclosure that may cause danger to the involved particular person’s life in addition to positive courtroom information, particularly those related to family disputes.
“Organizations like IB, RAW, DRI, CEIB, ED, Aviation Research centre are exempted from this Act,’ he added.
Stating that the misuse of this Act has severe penalties including penalty, he clarified that the regulation has additionally incorporated provisions in case one is denied data or given insufficient data. He informed that the Act is available online and they may be able to have get entry to to it easily if they want to.
NAGPUR: Even after Supreme Court remark calling Right to Information (RTI) a elementary proper, the truth is that it's very much misused nowadays. “Today, the location is so dangerous that the time period ‘RTI activists’ has develop into synonymous of ‘blackmailers,” said legal professional Ulhas Aurangabadkar at a lecture on RTI Act arranged by Dr Hedgewar Vyaspeeth at Dharampeth Mulanchi Shala recently.
The Act has ben designed with an goal to have transparency between the government equipment and the electorate of the rustic, he said and described its aims, and definitions of positive keywords. While talking concerning the goals, he wired that the governments and their various ministries and departments are accountable to the rustic.
He outlined the time period data within the Act as “Information as any subject matter in any form including information, reports, paperwork, memos, e-mails, press release, orders, contracts, evaluations, logbooks, advices, and so forth and every citizen has a proper to demand get entry to to it, excluding in a couple of cases”.
Talking about Section eight of the Act, be clarified it has reserved the appropriate to declare exemption from disclosure in positive cases like disclosing data referring to nation’s safety, data reserved underneath secrecy pacts, highbrow proprietary rights, patent data, data related to id of sufferers of positive crimes, or the id disclosure that may cause danger to the involved particular person’s life in addition to positive courtroom information, particularly those related to family disputes.
“Organizations like IB, RAW, DRI, CEIB, ED, Aviation Research centre are exempted from this Act,’ he added.
Stating that the misuse of this Act has severe penalties including penalty, he clarified that the regulation has additionally incorporated provisions in case one is denied data or given insufficient data. He informed that the Act is available online and they may be able to have get entry to to it easily if they want to.
‘RTI Act is greatly misused’
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January 01, 2019
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