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An Overview
By
A. Lakshminarayanan
Advocate
Cont
Public
Coverage
RTI Act came into effect on 12th October 2005.
Covers central, state and local governments and all bodies
owned, controlled or substantially financed by the
respective Governments; Section 2(h)
Non-government organization substantially financed directly
or indirectly by funds provided by the appropriate
government. Section 2 (e)
Executive, judiciary and legislature
Includes information relating to private body which can be
accessed by under any other law for the time being in force.
Section 2 (f)
Illustrations
PERSONAL DETAILS, INCOME, PAN,
Illustrations
PROPERTY RETURN AND DETAILS OF
PROPERTY
ASSESSMENT REPORTS
MEDICAL REPORT- Bhagwan Chand Saxena case decision dt.
3.4.06 [As
Illustrations
DETAILS OF THE BANK
ACCOUNTS
Office, Ludhiana [The appellant has not indicated any bonafide public
interest in having access to the bank account of the company with
which he as no association or business relationship].
ANSWER SHEETS-
Illustrations
Frivolous queries that are prefixed
with wholly unsubstantiated
adjective such as fake.
Appeal
First appeal with senior in the Department.
Second appeal with Information Commission.
an
independent
Information
Envisages
Commission at the central and state level to be
an appellate authority and to oversee the
functioning of the Act. Has various powers
under the RTI Act.
Penalties