{"id":161696,"date":"2016-05-03T15:30:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=161696"},"modified":"2016-05-03T15:30:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T10:00:59","slug":"right-to-information-bill-suffers-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/right-to-information-bill-suffers-setback\/","title":{"rendered":"Right To Information Bill Suffers Setback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The much hyped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Right+to+Information&amp;x=8&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Right to Information<\/span><\/a> Bill, which was presented in Parliament in March suffered a setback today, after the Supreme Court ruled that certain clauses of the bill was in violation of the Constitution, and steps must be taken to amend them accordingly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_154148\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/speaker-silent-on-public-interest-questions-related-to-consitutional-council\/karu-jayasuriya-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-154148\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154148\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-154148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Karu-Jayasuriya1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Speaker, Karu Jayasuriya\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Karu-Jayasuriya1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Karu-Jayasuriya1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-154148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker, Karu Jayasuriya<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Court also ordered that the bill must be passed by a special majority in Parliament, if it is to be made a law in the country, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya told Parliament today.<\/p>\n<p>The Right to Information Bill was presented in Parliament on March 24 by Mass Media and Parliamentary Reforms Minister Gayantha Karunathilaka. 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