The RTI Act distinguishes between information "dissemination" (ie. proactively / suo-moto) to the entire world, and information "disclosure" (ie. on formal application to be provided to AN INDIAN CITIZEN - WITHIN INDIA on payment).
In the 2nd case, the public authority can demand proof of the above 2 criteria before disclosing the information.
PS: I haven't read the PHC judgment as yet.
Sarbajit
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 2:11 AM, Mandar Jog <mandarjog@gmail.com> wrote:
I think we should be able to request this anonymously.
RTI act Chapter II, 1(a) says that the public authority should have this info computerized and easily accessible.
Someone had to put in an RTI request because information that should have been public was not public.
If the information was public in the first place, it could have been accessed anonymously.
I understand that we should protect the system from requests whose only intent is to burden the system, but there are other ways to achieve that.
Whether some information is public or not does not and should not depend on who is asking for it.
- Mandar
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