In addition to the grey areas, there is also the fact that the number of people who got bail under the predecessor of Section 479 declined since 2016.

This set of FAQs with answers has been put together to provide counting agents with a snapshot view of how the counting process is designed, how it must work as well as when and how they may raise objections if they find any irregularities.

The Supreme Court’s refusal to issue directions has allowed the ECI to get away, for now, by offering multiple excuses, one of which is that it has no statutory mandate to make Form 17C publicly accessible.

The proformas are those that require details of who is buying the bonds.

The ECI’s clarifications in its revised FAQs hint at the existence of a whole lot of information that is unfortunately black boxed.

The discrepancy in the expansion of VVPAT, recorded as "Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail" in patent-related records, raises questions about the legitimacy and functioning of these voting systems. Moreover, do we know enough about the microcontrollers used in the EVM-VVPAT combo?

The levels of transparency that the Election Commission have adopted are hopelessly inadequate to meet the very high standards that the Supreme Court of India has set for our right to know, as citizen-voters. 

Sanction has been granted to prosecute Arundhati Roy and professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain for speaking their minds about the state of affairs in Jammu and Kashmir at a public event 13 years ago. This leads one to ask what would happen to Menon, who played a crucial role in bringing together the 500 odd princely states of India, if he said what he said 76 years ago.

The controversy witnessed during the last two days of the hearing in the Article 370 matter and the court’s response to the same have far reaching implications about the constitutionally appropriate conduct that is expected from the holders of public office.

There is no justifiable reason why the Bucher Papers should be under wraps unless such disclosure is likely to harm certain pet narratives bandied about as 'the authentic version of the history of those times.'

The most obvious question on the PM Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi scheme is, why are there so few takers for the scheme launched in June 2020 to provide subsidised loans in three tranches?

In the scheme which aimed to deposit Rs 1,500 into the accounts of over 20 crore women, comparing data proactively put out by the finance ministry with data obtained through an RTI enquiry reveals a discrepancy of at least Rs 286 crore.

Archival records indicate how arbitrariness on the one hand, and dependence on the alignment of heavenly bodies on the other, shaped the decision to grant/attain “freedom at midnight”.

The information is believed to be regarding certain data tabled in parliament about cases involving allegations of custodial deaths and disappearances of civilians.

The CIC order comes after several government organisations played football with an RTI application regarding the absence of information about designated COVID hospitals and treatment centres.

The move comes despite a circular on April 8 asking regional heads to collect data about every stranded migrant worker in every district and state.

The three nationally recognised political parties received between 61-69.50% of their donations through the electoral bonds route.

The process of transition to the central RTI Act had begun before the state was bifurcated. In spite of that, the general administration department has begun a parallel process of examining the Act's applicability to the new UTs.

The process of transition to the central RTI Act had begun before the state was bifurcated. In spite of that, the general administration department has begun a parallel process of examining the Act's applicability to the new UTs.