Re: [IAC#RG] Citizens to attach ID proof with RTI applications: HC

Please find the copy of judgment as attachment.

Ambrish

On 1/6/13, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mandar
>
> 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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