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No court relief for Karnataka activist who sought details of fined RTI officials
August 31, 2026 9:01 pm
The Karnataka High Court termed the RTI application ‘yet another case of abuse’ of the law and said the activist failed to explain the purpose of his plea.
On Bengal voter list, Supreme Court asks for break up of appeals before Tribunals
August 26, 2026 4:50 am
Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandyopadhyay, appearing for a Trinamool Congress member, said an application had been filed pointing out that in 31 constituencies, BJP’s winning margin against the TMC in the recent Assembly polls was less than the number of deleted votes.
9 Karnataka RTI applicants behind half of 45,000 pending pleas challenge ban
August 19, 2026 7:51 pm
The Karnataka High Court granted an interim stay on the blacklisting order but orally warned the applicants, including a journalist, that the RTI Act’s benefits ‘will go’ if the law is misused.
'We are not dictatorship': Madras High Court upholds citizens' right to know under RTI
June 29, 2026 12:06 pm
The Madras High Court was hearing a plea filed by the public information officer and official trustee of a public trust against an order of the state information commission, directing disclosure of the financial records of the trust.
‘Can you provide Rs 1,000 cr?’: Karnataka High Court bins plea for online hearing for RTI appeal
June 16, 2026 4:03 pm
The Karnataka High Court said the Supreme Court has only urged the states to allow online hearings and not made it mandatory.
Parliament panel’s red flag: National Sports Development Fund is shrinking, use it responsibly
May 15, 2026 9:25 am
What’s really worrying, the panel said, was that while the private sector has largely kept its distance from the Government-led initiative, even Public Sector Undertakings are pulling back now.
Can 4-year-old file RTI? Why Central Information Commission rejected 5 complaints filed in child's name
May 11, 2026 9:55 am
RTI by minors is permitted under the RTI Act, but valid guardianship or authorisation is necessary to pursue proceedings.
Why Allahabad High Court refused to release answer sheets of higher judicial service exam under RTI
May 04, 2026 10:30 am
The Allahabad High Court was hearing a plea against a Central Information Commission order directing the disclosure of photocopies of evaluated answer sheets of the exam, after masking all references to examiners.
RTI disclosure isn’t ideal curiosity, it enables good governance
January 31, 2026 7:06 am
The law’s roles in exposing major scams — the Vyapam scam and the Adarsh Housing Society scam, for instance – is a testimony to its role as a governance enhancer. The Act has also been used to question the RBI during the banking scams
Congress slams Economic Survey’s RTI review call, but UPA ministers once raised similar concerns
January 31, 2026 3:33 am
Salman Khurshid and Veerappa Moily, in 2011, flagged the "misuse" of the law. Knowledge of several corruption scandals that occurred in the UPA years had emerged through RTI disclosures.
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