RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2005 AND ITS IMPEMENTATION
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Freedom of Speech and Expression is one of the freedom guaranteed by the Constitution of India under Article 19(1). The main conception behind this freedom is to allow the citizen of India to freely develop their thoughts and ideas and share them without any unreasonable hurdle.
The freedom of speech and expression includes right to acquire information and to disseminate it.The Right to Information Act, 2005 is having a close connection with the concept of the liberty of speech and expression enshrined under Article 19(1). The Act of 2005 was enacted with the purpose and object to make provisions to set out the practical regime of right to information for citizens and this is an important issue in the subject of Freedom of speech and expression. In other words, the main object of the Act of 2005 is to give the Citizen an access to the Government records, which is also an important towards the transparency of the Good Governance.
A person simply building ideas and thoughts in relation to any specific subject or field, requires information on that field or subject. And to have such information which is public in nature and which will not hurt the sentiment or privacy of particular persons or entity, is a right guaranteed for every citizen in India.
Earlier to the enactment of this Act of 2005 there was prevailing the Freedom of Information Act, 2002 which was repealed by the Act of 2005. Information disclosure in India was hitherto restricted by the Official Secrets Act 1923 and various other special laws, which the new RTI Act now overrides.
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