While adjudicating a batch of petitions challenging the RTI rules framed by different High Courts and other government authorities in the Country, the Supreme Court today directed that RTI fees should not exceed Rs. 50 per application and Rs. 5 for photocopying, for all government authorities. The order was passed by a two-judge Bench of Justices AK Goel and UU Lalit. The genesis of the case lies in a petition filed in the year 2012 by Common Cause. The petition had challenged the Allahabad High Court (RTI) Rules, 2006, on the ground that they were obstructive and were not in consonance with […]
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