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This week
Week of 22 April 2026.
- DPDP Rules 2025 — implementation tracker. The DPDP Act, 2023 came into force on 14 November 2025, substituting Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act. First six months of adjudication now show how public authorities are navigating the new text. Read the framework: Section 8(1)(j) framework.
What's new on RTI Wiki this week
- RTI Assistant — unified research + draft + First Appeal + Second Appeal tool with an AI backend.
- Ask RTI network — read community questions and answers publicly; create an Ask-purpose account only when you choose to participate.
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Previous weeks
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15 April 2026
- Corpus grew to 397 case laws. 100 new rulings added across three batches spanning SIC under-covered states, tribunal rulings (CAT, AFT, NCDRC), and North-East HCs.
- Landmark SC 2025 added — Common Cause v. Union of India on post-Electoral-Bonds political-party donations; back to transparent §4(1)(b) + RPA §29C regime.
- Section 20 framework live — full explainer with show-cause procedure and the disciplinary path.
8 April 2026
- Section 4(1)(b) framework page — the 17 categories of proactive disclosure with a self-audit checklist and citizen enforcement playbook.
- Section 22 — Overriding Effect — dedicated explainer on how RTI trumps OSA 1923 and state secrecy laws. State of Karnataka v. Nagesh B. (SC 2024) anchor.
1 April 2026
- Section 24 — exempt organisations framework — CBI, IB, R&AW, NTRO; the corruption / human-rights proviso. Director, IB v. Sanjiv Chaturvedi (SC 2019).
- LegalCase JSON-LD — structured Schema.org data now on all 397 case pages — Google rich-results eligible.
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