THE ACT OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION

Abstract

India is considered the world's biggest democracy. Transparency, transparency and accountability are the fundamental characteristics of a democratic system. Public authorities or administrative authorities have a broad discretionary power in India, so there has been a feeling in the minds of both lawmakers and the public that this can lead to abuse of power that eventually leads to maladministration and corruption. For this reason, the right of the common citizens of the country to access information on actions or activities discharged by public officials should be granted so that the mechanism of regulation and balance can be preserved. The right to knowledge, therefore, has arisen. The right to information implies that the public can participate in governance by accessing information kept by administrative or public authorities in relation to their public welfare functions. It is not only a constitutional right, but also a human right of a person to be aware by public bodies of information relating to public actions. Good governance is important and makes government authorities more transparent and accountable to the common people of a nation. There is a strong connection between the right to information and administrative law, since it is possible to describe administrative law as a "branch of public law dealing with administrative authority operations" and the right to information empowers the public to access information kept by public authorities.