Tag: RTI
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Fiduciary Capacity of Regulators and the Right to Information
[Posted by Umakanth Varottil] [The following guest post is contributed by Apoorv Chaturvedi, who is a 4th year BA LLB student at the Jindal Global Law School] The regulatory regime in India is a complex system with multiple regulators set up for promoting “healthy and orderly development”[1] and to “prevent malpractices”[2] of companies, banks, stock…
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RTI Act and SEBI Investigations
[Posted by Umakanth Varottil] This is a bit dated (academic duties prevented regular blogging over the last few weeks), but on November 6, 2012, the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) passed an order requiring SEBI to provide information regarding its investigation “into allegations of insider trading and short sale of shares pertaining to the shares of…
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Registrar of Companies and the Right to Information Act
[Posted by Umakanth Varottil] In the past, there has been some discussion on whether the concept of right to information should be extended to the corporate sector or not, but presently it applies only to a “public authority”. At most, it might include government companies as the definition of a “public authority” includes “any ……
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RTI and the Corporate Sector
[Posted by Umakanth Varottil] The Right to Information Act, 2005 has been successful in inducing transparency in the decision-making process of the government. However, it has been reported, quoting the Chief Information Commissioner, that the there is a need for the concept of right to information (RTI) under the Act to be “directly applicable to…