The original article can be read here. The Delhi High Court has said that the purpose of the Right to Information Act is to ensure transparency and questioning the motive for the details sought is not covered under the Act, The Times of India reported on Sunday. Justice Subramonium Prasad was hearing a plea filed by an RTI activist and journalist…
The original post is here. The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to file an affidavit specifying if there are any file notings or written communications between the stakeholders in the creation of Aarogya Setu app or if the same happened orally via video conferencing. While hearing a plea seeking various information about…
Original article here. In an apparent first, Twitter appears to have withheld a tweet globally in response to a “legal demand” in India. Journalist and Right to Information (RTI) activist Saurav Das posted a screenshot of two past tweets, one of which appears to quote Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, with a message from…
By Akshit Chawla. Original article here. Experts have highlighted several concerns in the draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill, 2022, but one major problem lies outside of it – in the consultation process. Along with the bill, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) published a notice inviting feedback from the public. It says that the…
Original article here. The Centre on Friday denied a Right to Information (RTI) activist the official records relating to the management of medical oxygen by a government panel during the pandemic, saying no such panel had been set up in April 2020. In June this year, the government had denied Saurav Das the information sought by…
Original article here. New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has directed the Union government to provide within 10 days details of meetings, discussions and agendas of the empowered nine-member group sub-committee on oxygen that was set up to ensure adequate availability of oxygen in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Commission said that the Union government’s…
Original video here. RTI Activist Saurav Das Has said he filed RTI on numbers of deaths in UP and found discrepancy in the numbers. He has added the pattern of fudging data is similar to other states.
Original article here. The Public Information Officer of the Supreme Court has refused to disclose the details of a report submitted by former SC Judge, Justice AK Patnaik, on the probe into the “larger conspiracy” behind the sexual harassment allegations levelled against the then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. In response to an RTI application…
Original article here. The Central Information Commission, while is hearing a complaint filed by RTI Activist and Independent journalist Saurav Das on Arogya Setu declined him permission to attend the next hearing on the m…..
Original article here. NEW DELHI: The evasive response from National Informatics Centre and the Information Technology ministry to an RTI asking, “who developed Aarogya Setu app,” drew sharp reactions from digital rights activists and politicians. On Wednesday, #AarogyaSetuApp was one of the top trends in India, with Twitter users questioning its origin. “This app was made…
Video interview here. RTI activist Saurav Das who had filed an RTI query in connection with the JNU Showdown has stated that the RTI reply reveals several discrepancies the most major flaw being the Delhi police’s FIR having a wrong date.
Original article here. The Home Ministry has neither confirmed nor denied whether it purchased the Pegasus malware, in response to an RTI query. “It is informed that no such information is available with the undersigned CPIO”, says the response from the Cyber and Information Security Division of the Home Ministry. The RTI query was filed by Saurav Das, a…