ACT DETAILS
Short Title |
The Right to Information Act, 2005 |
Act Year |
2005 |
Act Number |
22 |
Ministry |
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions |
Department |
Department of Personnel and Training |
Long Title |
An Act to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, the constitution of a Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. |
Enactment Date |
15-06-2005 |
Enforcement Date |
Ss. 4(1), 5(1) (2), 12, 13, 15, 16, 24, 27, 28 (15-06-2005) and rest provisions on 120th day of its enactment. |
Chapters(6) |
I-VI |
Sections(31) |
1-31 |
Schedules(2) |
1-2 |
RTI Act - English |
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सूचना का अधिकार अधिनियम, 2005 |
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CHAPTERS
CHAPTER |
CHAPTER TITLE |
SECTIONS |
I |
PRELIMINARY |
1-2 |
II |
RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND OBLIGATIONS OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES |
3-11 |
III |
THE CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION |
13-14 |
IV |
THE STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION |
15-17 |
V |
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONS, APPEAL AND PENALTIES |
18-20 |
VI |
MISCELLANEOUS |
21-31 |
Landmark Judgements
Sr.No. |
Case |
Particular |
Link |
1 |
State of U.P. v. Raj Narain (1975) |
The court acknowledged that the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression, as protected by Article 19(1)(a) of the Indian Constitution, includes the right to information. According to the court, citizens have a right to know about government operations, as this is essential to a functioning democracy. |
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2 |
Central Public Information Officer v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal (2019) |
The 5-judge constitution bench, consisting of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ, NV Ramana, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta, and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ, held in Central Public Information Officer v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal, 2019 SCC OnLine SC 1459, that the Chief Justice of India's office falls under the purview of the Right to Information. |
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CHAPTER I
CHAPTER TITLE |
PRELIMINARY |
SECTION |
PARTICULAR |
1 |
Short title, extent and commencement. |
2 |
Definitions |
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER TITLE |
RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND OBLIGATIONS OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES |
SECTION |
PARTICULAR |
3 |
Right to information |
4 |
Obligations of public authorities |
5 |
Designation of Public Information Officers |
6 |
Request for obtaining information |
7 |
Disposal of request |
8 |
Exemption from disclosure of information |
9 |
Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases |
10 |
Severability |
11 |
Third party information |
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER TITLE |
THE CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION |
SECTION |
PARTICULAR |
12 |
Constitution of Central Information Commission |
13 |
Terms of office and conditions of service |
14 |
Removal of Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioner |
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER TITLE |
THE STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION |
SECTION |
PARTICULAR |
15 |
Constitution of State Information Commission |
16 |
Term of office and conditions of service |
17 |
Removal of State Chief Information Commissioner or State Information Commissioner |
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER TITLE |
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONS, APPEAL AND PENALTIES |
SECTION |
PARTICULAR |
18 |
Powers and functions of Information Commissions |
19 |
Appeal |
20 |
Penalties |
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER TITLE |
MISCELLANEOUS |
SECTION |
PARTICULAR |
21 |
Protection of action taken in good faith |
22 |
Act to have overriding effect |
23 |
Bar of jurisdiction of courts |
24 |
Act not to apply to certain organisations |
25 |
Monitoring and reporting |
26 |
Appropriate Government to prepare programmes |
27 |
Power to make rules by appropriate Government |
28 |
Power to make rules by competent authority |
29 |
Laying of rules |
30 |
Power to remove difficulties |
31 |
Repeal |
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