Right to Information : Implementation, Problems and Solutions
- New Delhi Regal Publications 2013
- 295p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. ORIGIN AND CONCEPT OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION I (A) Origin of Right to Information 1 (B) Concept of Right to Information 6 (C) Private Institution and Concept ot Public Authority 23 2. INTERNATIONAL RIGOROUS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION 34 (A) Impact of Johannesburg Principles on Right to Information 35 (B) Provisions for Imparting Information under Declaration and Covenant 36 (C) Right to Information under Regional Legal Instruments 41 (i) American Declaration of Right of Man 41 (ii) American Convention on Human Rights 42 (iii) African Charter on Human and Peoples` Rights 44 (iv) Rome Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (D) Right to Information under Convention for the Protection of National Minorities 3. RIGHT TO INFORMATION UNDER INDIAN CONSTITUTION 49 (A) Fundamental Rights and Right to Information 52 (B) Judicial Hunch and Right to Information 57 4. SOCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND CONCEPT OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION LAW 65 Controversial Aspect of CBI Exemption from RTI Act 77 (A) Public Authorities and their Obligations 78 (i) Legal Provisions for Obligations of Public Authorities 79 (ii) Interpretation and Judicial Decisions on Obligations of Public Authorities (iii) Efforts of Uttarakhand State Chief Information Commissioner 88 (B) Survey Report Conducted during the Study 90 (C) Retrospective Effect of Right to Information Law 112 (D) Enforcement of Right to Information Act in Private Sector 118 (E) Judicial Review and Right to Information 122 (1) Examination-related Matters 134 (2) Interrogative Issues and Interpretation of Penal Provision 154 (F) Information Related to Third Party and Protection of Rights 155 (G) Analysis of the Provision for Third Party Information 160 (H) Natural Justice and Issue Represented by Legal Practitioner 167 (i) Balance of Interest as Natural Justice 169 (ii) Right to Know as Part of Natural Justice 170 (iii) Protection of the Interest of Interested Parties under Co-relative Principle of Natural Information 171 (iv) Scope of Speaking Order in Information Law 172 (v) Reasonable Opportunity as Fundamental Component of Information 178 (vi) Compensation under Information Law as Fundamental Concept of Justice 184 (vii) Right to Defend by Representation 187 (I) Information Commission 190 (1) Constitution of Information Commission 192 (2) Procedure for Appeals 193 (3) Finality Clause and Effect of Appeal 198 (4) Rules Framed by the Government 200 5. INFORMATION MECHANISM :AS HUMAN RIGHTS 203 (I) Introduction 203 (II) International Law as a Source of Information Mechanism 205 (III) Comparison of International Law with Indian Information Mechanism 209 (IV) Judicial Human before Enactment of Information Law in India 214 (V) Remarks 217 6. PROVISIONS OF DIFFERENT STATUTES FOR INFORMATION IN INDIA 220 7. RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND EMPOWERMENT OF PEOPLE 231 (A) Survey Report for Awareness of General Public 236 8. CONCLUDING REMARKS,FINDINGS AND SUGGESTIONS 256