PLC's National RTI Award for the year 2019 announced

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Pravasi Legal Cell is happy to announce its National RTI Award for the year 2019

K. Padmanabhan Memorial National Award for RTI Activists, 2019 will be awarded to Shri. Subhash Chandra Agrawal and Shri. R. Radhakrishnan.

Shri. Subash Chandra Agrawal is a well-known RTI activist in the country. In a petition filed by him, the Hon’ble Supreme Court had ruled in 2019 that the office of the Chief Justice of India would come under purview of the RTI Act 2005. He was successful in achieving many such orders which have strengthened the Act.

As a person who worked for the protection and welfare of people in the media, journalist Shri. R. Radhakrishnan has made important interventions by using the Right to Information Act 2005. He serves as the Bureau Chief at News 24, New Delhi.

K. Padmanabhan Memorial National Award for RTI activists is instituted by Pravasi Legal Cell in memory of Shri. K. Padmanabhan, its first General Secretary. He was a retired Intelligence Bureau officer and an RTI activist. This award is instituted with the objective of encouraging and promoting RTI activists in the country.

This year the award will be given away to both the winners during Pravsi Legal Cell’s RTI Award Night on April 19, 2020 at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi.

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