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Official Secrets Act Vs RTI – which Act overrules?

April 26, 2017ACT official rti secrets vs

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Official Secrets Act Vs RTI – which Act overrules?

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Official Secrets Act, 1923 (a legacy of the colonial regime) still exists and the information whose disclosure is not permitted under that Act cannot be disclosed under the RTI Act too. The RTI activists want amendments in the Official Secrets Act to make it synchronise with the RTI Act. The Official Secrets Act restricts the full functionality of RTI.