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. Just because FIRs are uploaded, chargesheets cannot be directed to be uploaded in websites. The Supreme Court on Friday held that police and investigating agencies like CBI, ED etc., cannot be directed to upload the chargesheets filed in cases in a public platform for easy access by the general public. A bench comprising Justices…
Original article here. The Central Information Commission (CIC) has in a significant decision decided to “accord precedence” to matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic “depending on the facts and circumstance of the case”. With this the panel has fulfilled a major demand of RTI activists who had been seeking early hearings in issues related to the…
Original article here. The Madras High Court has directed the Central Information Commission to expeditiously dispose of an appeal filed against non-supply of some information pertaining to the Central Government’s Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019. A Single Bench of Justice M. Govindaraj directed the CIC to dispose of the appeal within one month, if the Bill is going…
Original article here. The Delhi High Court has today sought the response of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) and Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) of its various departments on a plea seeking details of Aarogya Setu mobile application. The high court, which observed that the issue of Aarogya Setu application is of…
Original article here. A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court, highlighting how efforts to obtain information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005 are getting frustrated due to non-prescription of a time limit for disposal of second appeals by information commissions, even in matters related to life or…