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Right to information Act. (2002)

Information Technology Act (2000)

                                                                                                                                                                       

                 Right to information Act. (2002)             

 RTI is an act of the parliament of India which sets out the rules and procedures regardless citizens right to information. It replaced the former freedom of information act 2002. Under the provision of RTI act. any citizen of India may request information from a " Public authority" which is required to reply expeditiously or within thirty days. In case of matter involving a petitioner's life and liberty, the information has to be provided within 48 hours. The act also requires every public authority to computerise their records for wide dissemination and to proactively certain categories of information so that the citizens need minimum recourse to request for information formally. 

 This law was passed by parliament on 15 June 2005 and come fully into force on 12 oct 2005. 

 RTI is a fundamental right for every citizen of India. The authorities under RTI act 2005 are called quasi-judicial authorities. This act was enacted in order to consolidate the fundamental right in the indian constitution 'freedom of speech'. Since RTI is implicit in the right to freedom of spech and expression under article 19 of the Indian constitution, it is an implied fundamental right. RTI act was force in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. 

 Freedom information act 2002 under right to information parliament pass 2005 ->RTI

                            Information Technology Act. (2000)                        

 The Information Technology Act 2000 (also known as ITA 2000 or the IT Act) is an Act of the The Indian parliament was notified on 17 oct 2000. It is the primary law in India dealing with cybercrime and electronic commerce. 

 The bill was passed in the budget session of 2000 and signed by president K.R. Narayanan on 9 May 2000. The bill was finalised by a group of officials headed by them Minister of information Technology Pramod Mahajan. 

 The original Act contained 94 section divided into 13 chapters and 4 schedules. The law apply to the whole of indian if a crime involves a computer or network located in india, persons of other nationalities can also be indicted under the law. 

 The Act provides a legal framwork for electronic governance by giving recognition to electronic records and digital signatures. It also defines cyber crime and prescribe penalties for them. The act directed the formation of a controller authorities to regulate the issuance of digital signatures. It also established a cyber appellate Tribunal to resolve disputes rising from this new law. The Act also amended various sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 the Banker's Book Evidence Act 1891 and the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 to make them compliant with new technologies.

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