Tamil Nadu government exempts Public (Law and Order) Department from RTI Act
Govt. issued an order to exempt information on subjects such as communal and caste clashes; all matters relating to NSA detentions, reports into deaths in police custody, agitations by students, farmers from ambit of the RTI Act
The Tamil Nadu government has exempted the Public (Law and Order) Department from the jurisdiction of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. This decision was based on the classification of the department as an Intelligence and Security Organisation. The order was published in the Government Gazette and issued under Section 24(4) of the RTI Act.
The Public (Law and Order) Department is responsible for handling a wide range of issues related to communal and caste tensions, appointing commissions of inquiry on law and order matters, overseeing COFEPOSA and NSA detentions, conducting monthly and special law and order review meetings, examining inquiry reports on various police-related incidents, handling NHRC references, providing monthly reports to the Government of India, responding to Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha questions, addressing agitations from various groups, and dealing with cases related to defamatory articles or political matters.
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