a detailed presentation of misuse of right to information

1. MISUSE OF RIGHT TO
INFORMATION
SHUBHAM YADAV
MPH SEMESTER 3RD

2. THE OBJECTIVES OF RTI:-
• To setup practical regime ,
• For citizens,
• To secure access to information under the control of public
authorities,
• To promote transparency and accountability in the working of
every public authority,
• The constitution of a Central Information Commission and State
Information Commissions,
• Matters connected to Public Authority or incidental thereto.

3. MISUSES OF RTI-
 COMPLAINT CASES
 IRRELEVANT CASES
 FALSE CASES

4. COMPLAINT CASES
 The Act is mainly about seeking information, not for complaints.
 The ingenuity of the Indian public is at its best while innovatively using
the RTI Act. The people of India have perfected methods by which they
not only register complaint but actually get them acted upon, all in the
guise of seeking information.

5. IRRELEVANT CASES
 Though most RTI applications are very serious and deal with matters of great
import, it is refreshing to note that even among the universal despair, frustration,
and helplessness that characterizes a large number of the applicants, there are
some who seem to have retained their sense of humor and makes us wonder
what these applicants were thinking and how serious were they.
 Many people file RTI applications for irrelevant information and it waste the
precious time of the officials.

6. FALSE CASES
 Problematic applications from time to time there is negative
propaganda against the RTI Act.
 Such applications waste the time of the public authority without
serving any public purpose.
 It could divert time of public servants and adversely affect their
work.

7. RTI APPLICATIONS CATEGORIES:
• Those who filed RTI applications with the hope of exposing corruption and hoped to
improve and correct governance.
• Those who filed RTI applications repetitively to correct a wrong which they perceived
had been done to them. Their basic intention is to get justice for themselves.
• Those who used RTI to blackmail people. This category largely targets illegal
buildings, mining or some other activity which runs foul of the law. Some people used
RTI to blackmail other people.
• Those who use this to harass a public official to get some undue favour.

8. CONCLUSION-
 These categories are making it a money-earning racket or putting
pressure to get an undue favour.
 It is accepted widely that freedom of speech is often used to
abuse or defame people.

9. THANK YOU.