The Bar Councils are open to public scrutiny under the Right to Information Act (RTI) and should set-up a mechanism to facilitate processing of applications directed to them under the transparency law, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has held.
The Bar Council of India and Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana had rejected several RTI applications [...]
The union government Sunday said it is moving to amend and strengthen the country’s Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005 to bring in more transparency in the government’s functioning and to help resolve grievances of officials.
“The historic Right to Information Act, 2005, has brought great transparency in governance,” said Minister of State for [...]