Right To Information (RTI)
CBI is exempted from the purview of Right to Information Act. This exemption was granted by Govt of India on 9 June 2011 (along with National Investigating Agency (NIA), Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation and the National Intelligence Grid (Natgrid)) on the basis that CBI handles cases related to national security. However, this move was criticised by Central Information Commission as well as various RTI activists saying this blanket exemption is not in the letter and spirit of RTI Act.Six petitions were filed in various high courts challenging the validity of the notification. Madras High Court on 9 September upheld the validity of the exemption. Govt of India on 20 December 2011 filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking transfer of all pending cases before various high courts to the Supreme Court.
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