On Friday, the Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission awarded Basant Lal Sharma the husband of the patient over Rs 9 lakh in compensation, to be paid jointly by the hospital and five of its doctors.
The Right to Information (RTI) Act, implemented on 12 October 2005, did wonders in the initial years of its implementation not only by exposing scams and scandals, but also resulted in systematic reforms. However, RTI rules (and not the RTI Act) need important modifications mainly to prevent misuse of the Act and minimise the challenge to chief information commission (CIC) verdicts in courts.