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How single RTI query toppled Rs 10.63 crore CBI case: Delhi court discharges accused in 15-year CBI case
March 25, 2026 12:35 pm
The Delhi Court was hearing the matter at the stage of consideration of charge, where it had to decide whether a prima facie case existed to proceed to trial against a businessman and his firm.
BJP slams Himachal Pradesh govt's move to exclude vigilance dept from RTI ambit
March 13, 2026 10:20 pm
On March 12, 2026, the Department of Personnel (Administrative Reforms) issued an official notification stating that the bureau will no longer fall under the RTI Act provisions. The decision was taken under Section 24(4) of the RTI Act.
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.
State information commission asks Uttarakhand High Court to give data on complaints against district judges
January 12, 2026 3:35 pm
Complaints Against District Judges Uttarakhand: Chief Information Commission Radha Raturi was hearing a second appeal by senior IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi, who requested information regarding complaints, disciplinary actions against Uttarakhand’s trial courts judges.
Diamond polishers file RTIs seeking reason for 'rejection' of school fee waiver forms
November 21, 2025 1:39 am
The state government on May 22, 2025 had announced a special assistance package for the diamond industry, which included a one-year relaxation of the school fees up to Rs 13,500 for children of unemployed diamond polishers.
'RTI activists 500-1000 km away harass industrialists...there is a network of gangs' Gujarat minister Sanghavi
October 07, 2025 9:20 am
The release also said the Surat police has succeeded in arresting 105 persons while registering more than 85 cases against people misusing RTI
How BCCI has continued to resist attempts to bring it under RTI scanner
August 11, 2025 12:11 pm
Over the years, the world’s richest cricket board has pushed back on being labelled a “public authority” under the RTI Act, despite recommendations from the Supreme Court, the Law Commission and the Central Information Commission.
Nearly half of Haryana’s information officers fail to pay RTI penalties: Data
June 09, 2025 12:04 pm
Nearly half of Haryana's penalised information officers have not paid RTI fines in 18 years, with over ₹3 crore still unpaid, raising concerns over accountability.
Share RTI info upto five pages for free, allow applicants to take photo: Gujarat govt to authorities
June 05, 2025 12:58 am
Gujarat State Information Commission, whose recommendations were accepted by the state government, has called the instructions 'revolutionary'
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RTI applicants receive condoms instead of replies Rajasthan
June 22, 2020 6:05 pm
A probe was launched after the video of them finding condoms and other worthless items in an envelope went viral.
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