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  • RTI may make I-T less taxing
    March 11 2010 | By DC Correspondent

    Thanks to a city resident, tax payers can now cite the Right to Information Act to ask the income tax department to explain why their refunds are being delayed.

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  • No exemption to DVAC under RTI: HC
    March 09 2010 | By DC Correspondent

    March 8: The Madras high court on Monday stayed the order of a single judge who held that the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) cannot claim exemption under the

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  • Slum-dwellers use RTI to expose state apathy
    February 09 2010 | By DC Correspondent

    Feb. 8: At a time when even the educated elite merely complain about red-tapism in the bureaucracy slum-dwellers in the city have demonstrated the use of RTI (Right

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  • Moily hints at changes in RTI Act
    January 31 2010

    Against the backdrop of the Supreme Court favouring amendments in the RTI Act to provide insulation from disclosure of information pertaining to appointment of judges and decisions of the collegium, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Sunday indicated changes in the Act.

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  • Landmark ruling to boost transparency
    January 14 2010 | By Our Correspondent

    In a ruling of long-term import, a three-judge bench of the Delhi high court on Tuesday rejected the contention of the Supreme Court registry and held that the office of Chief Justice of India fell within the ambit of the Right of Information Act as it was a “public authority”.

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  • CJI not above info Act, rules Delhi HC
    January 13 2010 | By Our Correspondent

    In a landmark ruling, a larger bench of the Delhi High Court headed by chief justice A.P. Shah on Tuesday upheld its earlier single-judge order that the office of the Chief Justice of India falls within the ambit of the Right To Information Act, rejecting an appeal filed by the Supreme Court registry to keep the CJI’s office out of its purview.

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