MUMBAI: Prominent citizens from India have come together and addressed an open letter to the Members of Parliament urging them not to scuttle the Right to Information Act through an amendment. Reports of the RTI Act coming under scrutiny have been doing the rounds ever since the Chief Information Commissioner declared political parties as public authorities and directed that they should be subjected to transparency laws.
"If an order which is bad in law is issued by any statutory authority, the correct process is to challenge it at an appropriate forum. The CIC order can be challenged in a writ in the High Court, and there are many instances of these orders having been quashed in Courts," stated a letter forwarded by transparency activist Shailesh Gandhi and endorsed by several prominent citizens including Retd. Chief Justice of Delhi High Court AP Shah, former police commissioner of Mumbai,.Julio Ribeiro, architect Charles Corea, and former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian among others.
The letter urged MPs not to vote for this amendment, if it was introduced. It also stated that parties which were not going to vote for the amendment should state so publicly.
For the record, no political party has moved the courts regarding the CIC order. The citizens pointed out that an amendment would set a bad precedent.
The RTI act has been considered a widely used tool by citizens tobring transparency to the Indian democracy. Given the climate of distrust between citizens and their political leaders, transparency by political parties might help restore the faith in public bodies.
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