The Right to Information Act, 2005 replaced the Freedom of Information Act, 2002. The R.T.I protects the Freedom of Expression and Speech under Article 19(1)(a) And Right to Life & Personal Liberty under Article 21 guaranteed by the Constitution. The Act is a very important tool which gives the power to a common man to…
“Corruption is a tree, whose branches are of an immeasurable length; they spread everywhere.” – Beaumont and Fletcher Corruption is a universal phenomenon faced by people in one or the other forms. In India, it has become a part of life. It is the greatest foe of good governance and causing great harm to society…
Right to Information is an act of the Parliament of India which sets the rules and regulations regarding citizens right to information. Any citizen of India may request information from a public authority, i.e., a body of government, which is required to reply within 30 days maximum. In case of a petitioner’s life and liberty,…
DEMOCRACY IS FOR THE PEOPLE Article 19 (1) of the Indian Constitution recognises the right to information as a basic right. The Hon’ble Supreme Court held in the Raj Narain vs. State of Uttar Pradesh, 1976, that the freedom to information is a fundamental right under Article 19. People are the controller in Indian democracy,…
Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour, experience and mental processes. Behaviour includes all of our outward or overt actions and reactions, such as talking, facial expressions and movement. Mental processes refer to all the internal, covert actions of our minds, such as thinking, feeling and remembering. To study behaviour and mental processes in both…
Personally, I love school uniforms. There are two ways of looking at why there should be school uniforms. Equality. School uniforms means that everyone has to look the same, and that there can be no disparity between the clothing choices of students, preventing more bullying. This is actually why my school doesn’t even have full…
On 22nd December 1901, Rabindranath Tagore established his school at Santiniketan with five students (including his eldest son) and an equal number of teachers. He originally named it Brahmacharya Ashram in the tradition of ancient forest hermitages. Not too many know that Shantiniketan, which means the abode of peace – long before it became the…
The Right to Information Bill 2000 was presented in the parliament on 25th July 2000, there have been prior occasions where a recommendation of a comparable subject has been moved into the house, and this follows back to as ahead of schedule as in 1966 when the Press Council of India arranged the draft bill…
INTRODUCTION Right to information Act ushered in a new era in making functioning of government and government-aided institutions transparent, accountable and responsive to the needs of the society at large. The basic object of the Right to Information Act (RTI) is to empower the citizens, promote transparency and accountability in the working of the Government,…
This is such an extraordinary step taken by our country. In a landmark verdict 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…
