EVOLUTION OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005
AUTHOR – DIVYANSHU ARORA, STUDENT AT UNITEDWORLD SCHOOL OF LAW, KARNAVATI UNIVERSITY. EMAIL: DIVYANSHUWWE@GMAIL.COM.
BEST CITATION – DIVYANSHU ARORA, EVOLUTION OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (4) OF 2025, PG. 1183-1194, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.
India’s democratic framework gained a transformative breakthrough through RTI Act which established official procedures for government information disclosure to citizens. The paper examines how the RTI Act evolved through legislation and covers its structural design and judicial case law analysis and impacts on social issues and politics. The analysis explores the reasons behind implementation difficulties and finds that RTI objectives become less effective when serving marginalized communities while also investigating how legal exceptions and administrative disengagement together with low awareness block the achievement of objectives. The research presents a global outlook via its examination of information access laws from the United Kingdom and Canada and South Africa which leads to strategic lessons for domestic policy reforms. The research ends in a practical recommendation section that works to enhance institutional capabilities together with better legal extent and inclusive information sharing practices to help the RTI Act reach its goal of participatory and transparent governance.
Keywords: Right to Information Act, 2005, Marginalized Communities, Public Authorities, Exemptions, Comparative Legal Analysis.