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Notice to Gujarat Assembly secretariat on PIL about disclosure of information

Notice to Gujarat Assembly secretariat on PIL about disclosure of information Updated: Updated: December 22, 2020 17:16 IST The court should direct it to comply with section 4 of the RTI Act and disclose information about proceedings of the House and other detail on the Assembly’s website, the PIL said. Share Article Gujarat Assembly building at Gandhinagar. File Photo.   The court should direct it to comply with section 4 of the RTI Act and disclose information about proceedings of the House and other detail on the Assembly’s website, the PIL said. The Gujarat High Court has issued a notice to the secretariat of the Legislative Assembly in response to a Public Interest Litigation which seeks that information about the Assembly’s functioning be provided online.

House proceedings not disclosed: Gujarat HC notice to secretariat over PIL

This information, as listed by the petitioners, includes information on the proceeding of the Assembly (including live and old telecast and transcripts, the papers to be laid, private member’s business, zero hour, list of question and their answers, the text of debates); text of legislation (including subordinate legislation) as introduced, passed, pending, assented, lapsed, withdrawn and negatived by the Assembly, and information on the committees of the Assembly among other material that is expected to be put in the public domain. The PIL sought that the Gujarat HC to direct the Assembly secretariat to regularly provide and display this information on its official website in English and Gujarati. It also sought that the Assembly proceedings should be made available for view (live and old telecast) of the public on the website of the Assembly for public perusal, as is already practiced by several state assemblies as well as the Lok Sabha, which has aided greater transparency.

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