Today in Delhi High Court hearing on disclosure of DU results of 1978 (year PM Modi claims to have graduated) ASG Tushar Mehta opposed our intervention. Made no legal arguments only personal attacks- called us "busy bodies", "meddlesome interlopers seeking cheap publicity" 1/n Key grounds of intervention- 1.Results are not personal info. DU displays results of 100s of exams online as do universities globally 2.Exemptions cited by DU not applicable for info relating to matters older than 20 yrs (S. 8(3) of RTI). ASG didn't counter these arguments 2/n

Report card of information commissions in India finds almost 2 lakh appeals/complaints pending in 23 commissions. Right to information regime buckling under huge backlogs. 1/n #SaveRTI
thewire.in/231066/amid-va… West Bengal Information Commission will take an estimated 43 years to dispose a fresh RTI appeal/complaint filed before it regarding violation of the RTI Act. Justice delayed is justice denied. 2/n #SaveRTI

Complete chaos! Visits to ration shops today reveal exclusions continue as people denied ration due to Aadhaar enabled Point of Sale devices not recognising biometrics. What happened to decision of Delhi govt to remove POS? @msisodia @ArvindKejriwal 1/n google.co.in/amp/s/amp.scro… 70 year old Hameeda Khatoon of Hauz Rani denied her 5 kgs of grain when she went to the ration shop today as her fingerprints & iris failed to authenticate. 2/n