The Hindu: Panaji: Tuesday, August 08,
2017.
The Goa RTI
Forum has denounced alleged attempts by government authorities to crack down on
Right to Information activists.
The forum
opposed the probes launched against RTI activist and government officer
Kashinath Shetye for filing PILs seeking action against the government for
environmental violations and corruption.
Ganpat
Kurtikar, Secretary, Goa RTI Forum, said on Monday that the members of the
forum reiterated the right of government servants to file PILs.
Mr. Kurtikar
said they cited the Supreme Court’s 2014 judgment in the Vijay Shankar Pande
v/s Union of India case and the clarification issued by the Centre in June this
year, which stated that there was no bar on government servants to file PILs.
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