The Brave Pedestrian

Right to Information Bare Act. Essential reading for beginners and experts, information-seekers and activists. Easy-to-read for applicants & appellants.  Download here:  http://tinyurl.com/RTI-Act-2005-Abridged   This simplified version gives guidance for filing fresh RTI application, first appeal and second appeal. It helps first-time applicants and appellants understand their rights under the RTI Act. It also helps Public Information Officers (PIO), First Appellate Authorities (FAA) and Second Appellate Authority (Central & State Information Commissioners) understand their powers and duties under RTI Act 2005. It enables appellants to understand which information is exempted from disclosure, present their grounds of appeal clearly, and argue their cases at appeal & complaint hearings.

If pendency were under control and appellants got a fair hearing, Supreme Court's 6-week summer vacations could possibly have been justified. But such is emphatically not the case. Judges dismiss a majority of the appeals immediately, not even giving a few second to appellants -- many of whom have travelled across the country, and have suffered great financial difficulties to come this far. Many judges contemptuously THROW THE APPELLANT'S FILES on the floor after a couple of  seconds of perfunctory hearing, showing callous disregard for the litigants and the appeal process! Despite such hurried methods, the queue of pending cases before SC is growing longer every year. And the Supreme Court judges have the sheer gall to go on lengthy vacations, en masse! Like  ·  Comment  ·  Share