The Assange case underscores a deep tension between the ideal of democracy and how nations that follow that path often treat whistle-blowers...

The infrastructure surrounding the RTI Act has been crumbling for some time...

The Modi govt has dismissed as 'irrelevant' a petitioner’s appeal that the Centre make it clear whether the fund comes under the ambit of the definition of 'State' ...

Trinamul Congress member Saket Gokhale seeks clarification on the origin of its advertisement on the front page of The Indian Express on Sunday...

The court was hearing a joint PIL filed by Anjali Bharadwaj, Col Lokesh Batra and Amrita Johri complaining about the openings resulting in a massive backlog of cases...

POLITICS AND PLAY | The Election Commission and Indian democracy...

The notice was issued in January 2020; it has been a year since then: Justice D.Y. Chandrachud ...

Readers' Speak: Bona fides of RTI enquirers; habit of reading decreasing...

It is unfortunate that the act has already been perceived as damaged by Centre's decision to control the tenure and allowances of information commissioners...

The petition filed accused the Centre of having misled the apex court in April by saying it had complied with its December 2019 order to fill all the posts...