Dear group moderators I am pleased that the new moderation policy is evidently quite successful in arresting the menace of frivolous postings to the group.
Another development is that the NCPRI members here now appear reluctant to post on a public frequency where their puerile logic and "ngo-speak" will be exposed by the many RTI "experts" here. For instance Mr Venkatesh Naik is now posting on Hum Janenge. Of his 2 recent posts, the first on the DDA HC decision is plagiarized from the private legal opinion A.K.Chakravarthy of the C.I.C put up to the Information Commissioners for their fortnightly meeting. Somehow NCPRI has obtained a copy of this (Gandhi-giri :-)) and Mr Naik has the gall to palm off this work as his own research (right down to the case law). The second post of Mr Naik's claims that there is no basis in RTI Act 2005 for the competent authority to prescribe fees for 2nd appeals. This betrays a complete disregard (or perhaps ignorance) for the letter of the law, and I am strongly inclined towards seconding Sharma's suggestion to expel NCPRI (and other NGOs) from this group so that our group members are not deceived.. Ashish
