Right to Information Act, 2005

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Description
This book is a humble attempt to explain various developments and events at international and national level which lead to enactment of the Right to Information Act, 2005 in India and to explain it from the legal perspective in a simple, user-friendly and easily understandable form. Important case-laws have been incorporated wherever relevant to make the topics clearer and easy to understand. I am sure all the readers would find this edition quite useful in their study.
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Contents
Chapter 1     Right to Information: International and National Scenario
Chapter 2     Right to Information Law in India
Chapter 3     Right to Information and Obligations of Public Authority
Chapter 4     The Central Information Commission
Chapter 5     The State Information Commission
Chapter 6     Powers and Functions of the Information Commissions, Appeal and Penalties
Chapter 7     Miscellaneous Provisions
Appendix 1  The Right to Information Act, 2005
Appendix 2  Right to Information Rules, 2012
Appendix 3  Application Format for Information under RTI Act, 2005
Appendix 4  Appeal Forms
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Author Details
Dr. (Mrs.) Jyoti Rattan, Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh, is a topper in Law and a Gold Medalist in LL.M, Ph.D. in Law and M.Sc. in Chemistry. Her areas of interest have been Taxation Laws, Cyber Law and International Law. Dr. Rattan has written several research articles on Taxation Laws, Cyber Law and International Law areas besides Inter-disciplinary Law and Administrative issues in reputed journals, presented papers and won awards at various national and international Conferences in India and abroad including the 91st Indian Science Congress; 26th International Congress of Administrative Sciences, Seoul, Korea, 2004; Third Regional International Conference; International Institute of Administrative Sciences (Belgium), Monterrey, Mexico, 2006 and 27th International Congress of Administrative Sciences, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., 2007, and 2011 International Congress of Administrative Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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