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RTI Competition Launched on 2 October, 2016

Along with E-Book 'RTI Act - Authentic Interpretation of the Statute' by Shailesh Gandhi
The purpose of this competition is to create a database of peoples analyses of a large number of decisions on the RTI Act, as well as a
deeper awareness and understanding of the Act.
Please send your entries, feedback and questions to rticompetition@satyamevajayate.info. Anyone can participate in this competition.
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Submission deadline: 31 December, 2016
Prizes: 1st Prize: Rs. 25000 | 2nd Prize: Rs. 10,000 | 3rd Prize: Rs. 5,000
The RTI Act is a very simple Act of 11,000 words. Hence, any person can understand and use it.
The competition has two parts:
Part 1:
This involves reading some judgments on the RTI Act of the Supreme Court, High Courts and Information Commissions. After reading
these, the findings of the participant of one Supreme Court judgment, three High Court judgments and ten judgments of Central or State
Information Commissions must be recorded in the formats given below. (50 marks for Part 1)
Part 2:
This involves writing a 300 to 500 word analysis.
2A: Analyse any one of the judgments. (25 marks)
2B: Select any of the interpretations from the e-book and give reasons for why you agree or disagree with the authors analysis. OR
Write a review of the book. (25 marks)
Read or download the book at www.satyamevajayate.info/rtibook
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You can locate Supreme Court and High Court judgments from:
www.bit.ly/RTIJudgments| www.judis.nic.in| www.nfici.org(E-library section)
You can access orders of the Information Commissions from their respective websites.

Format for Part 1 of the Competition

One Supreme Court judgment on RTI Act 2005
Case
Reference

Who was Petitioner

Applicant or Public
Authority?

Information
to be given/not
given #

Section of RTI
Act
Involved *

Whether you agree/disagree with judgment along

with reasons

Three High Court judgments on RTI Act
High
Court of
State

Case
reference

Who was Petitioner

Applicant or Public
authority

Information
To be given/not
given#

Section of RTI
Act
Involved*

Whether you agree/disagree with judgment

along with reasons

Ten orders of Information Commissions (Central or State Commissions)

Commission of
State/CIC

Case
Reference

Showcause
issued/not
issued

Information
to be given/not
given#

Section of RTI
Act
Involved*

Whether you agree/disagree with order

along with reasons

# You need to respond based on whether the order was for disclosure of information or for denying it.
*You need to specify the sections of RTI mentioned on the basis of which the matter was decided. If no section of the Act was quoted,
mention Nil.
- Case reference is the appeal or case number mentioned on every judgment.