Procuring Information under RTI Act becomes Costlier ďż˝ Madras High Court
Posted on: 14/Apr/2014 4:19:40 PM
Madras High Court has increased the charges for the applicants who seek information under the Right to Information Act. The fee has been raised from Rs.10 to Rs.100, which seems to be very expensive.
Moreover, we have decided that the replica of decree / order / documents / judgment as part of the judicial sector will not be hand out under the RTI Act, sources from HC says. As on April 4, the Registrar General of the Madras high court said that the amendment of the RTI rules of the court is as per the authority granted by section 28 of the Act, on the orders of the ruling chief honesty of high court.
The application entailing the copy of records will go along with the addition of Rs.100 to the application fee. If the real cost of expenses for data surpasses Rs 100, then the same will be dejected to the applicant and the copy of statistics would be endowed on payment of additional amount.
The announcement has stated that data afforded in a diskette or floppy will be cost round Rs 50. This high court rules has grieve the RTI activists. This RTI charges hike will impinge on transparency, says V Gopalakrishnan, an RTI activist.
