Some years back, I was sucked into the labyrinth of Indian Matrimonial laws and a false 498a in particular. To be fair, before it hit me, it was difficult for me to fathom the wide spread misuse of dowry laws and specially 498a in India.
THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 No. 22 of 2005 [15th June, 2005] An Act to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, the […]
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SEEKING INFORMATION UNDER RTI 2005 I.D. No._______. (For official use) To The Central Public Information Officer, ……………………………………………. ………………………………………. ………………………………………. ………………………………………. Name of the Applicant : ________________________________ Address : __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Information sought : __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ […]
Right to Information India is a democracy. People are the masters. Therefore, the masters have a right to know how the governments, meant to serve them, are functioning. Further, every citizen pays taxes. The citizens therefore, have a right to know how their money was being spent. As early as in 1976, the Supreme Court […]