In the Northeast, a David versus Goliath battle
February 1 | The Hindu The tiny States in India’s east, the Davids, have put the Goliath of political parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party, on notice with a carefully aimed slingshot that may hurt the giant.
Computers intercepted, Transparency interrupted: MHA's CPIO refuses information about December 2018 authorisation order under the IT Act
Image courtesy: Counter Currents Feb 03, 2019 By: Venkatesh Nayak Readers may remember the furore caused by an order issued by the Cyber and Information Security Division of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on 20 December, 2018, authorising 10 security and intelligence age
CHRI seeks changes in SPCA for better efficiency
The Hindu | January 22, 2019 The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has written to the Chief Minister’s Office and the head of the State Police Complaints Authority (SPCA) seeking several changes in the working of the SPCA and the Maharashta Police (Amendment and Continuation) Act.
Latest appointments to the Central Information Commission: a critical assessment of the processes involved based on DoPT's documents
ImagefromThePrint Thedawnof2019sawthefillingupoffivevacanciesintheCentralInformationCommission(CIC).ServingInformationCommissioner,ShriSudhirBhargavawasappointedChiefInformationCommissioner. FourretiredcivilservantswereappointedInformationCommissioners.
View: Govt should read warning signs and put passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill on hold
Economic Times | January 17, 2019 The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, passed earlier this month in the Lok Sabha, has created a furore across Assam and other states across India.
'Strangers to Justice': CHRI’s report on foreign nationals imprisoned in India
New Delhi, January 12: Diplomats, consular officials with foreign missions in India have called for simplification of processes that entangle and encumber foreign national prisoners (FNPs) in the country.
How the broad interpretation of personal information is disarming the RTI act
The Caravan, 14 January 2019 In the case of Girish R Deshpande vs Central Information Commissioner, the Supreme Court order, passed by a division bench of Dipak Misra and KS Radhakrishnan, states that income tax returns, assets, liabilities, official orders and performance records of pu
Probe allegations of rigging, intimidation: CHRI urges Bangladesh
New Delhi, January 2: A prominent international civil society group today called on the newly-elected government of Sheikh Hasina Wajed in Bangladesh to investigate allegations of vote rigging and intimidation in the recent elections.
Is Technology A Saviour for our Criminal Justice System?
By Madhurima Dhanuka With the introduction of numerous initiatives, which use technology to make it easier for citizens to access the system and for functionaries to strengthen oversight, the real test lies in sustainability and their impact in practice.
Shroud of secrecy over how information officers were chosen
January 1, 2019 || The Telegraph Information commissioner Sudhir Bhargava will be sworn in as the chief information commissioner by President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday...