Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao
Mumbai:
Following a strong protest by Right to Information (RTI) activists, Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao today directed the administration to withdraw a notification excluding the Anti-Corruption Bureau from the purview of the Right To Information Act.
The controversial notification had been issued by the erstwhile Prithviraj Chavan-led government on September 6.
The Governor took the decision to scrap the notification after several RTI activists protested the same, and newspaper articles said that the notification violated the RTI Act, a Raj Bhavan spokesperson said on Thursday.
The Governor also consulted legal experts before taking the decision, the spokesperson added.
The controversial notification had been issued by the erstwhile Prithviraj Chavan-led government on September 6.
The Governor took the decision to scrap the notification after several RTI activists protested the same, and newspaper articles said that the notification violated the RTI Act, a Raj Bhavan spokesperson said on Thursday.
The Governor also consulted legal experts before taking the decision, the spokesperson added.
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