As protests and campaigns against the proposed RTI amendments increase, a Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court against the proposed amendments to the Right to Information law urging the court to declare amendments as 'unconstitutional'.
The PIL which has been filed by Retired civil servant and social activist Arun Bhatia says that 'We have been given the right to information decades behind other democracies and are now proposing to cripple it by denying access to file notings'.
Experts feel that the proposed amendment could mean a death blow to the Act. For, it excludes file notings, except for those relating to development and social issues. This means though the decisions of the government would be known, the basis on which they have been taken will not be given. The proposed amendment will also deny any access to identities of those who have recorded notings. There will be no access to information on decisions in process. This means nobody would be able to question delays in any sector.
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