{"id":161821,"date":"2016-05-06T03:44:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T22:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=161821"},"modified":"2016-05-07T01:43:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T20:13:36","slug":"full-text-the-sc-determination-on-the-right-to-information-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/full-text-the-sc-determination-on-the-right-to-information-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Text: The SC Determination On The Right To Information Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The much hyped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Right+to+Information&amp;x=12&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Right to Information Bill<\/span><\/a>, which was presented in Parliament in March suffered a setback, 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_152974\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/national-list-is-not-a-case-of-national-importance-cj\/chief-justice-k-sripavan-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-152974\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152974\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-152974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chief-Justice-K.-Sripavan1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Chief Justice K. Sripavan\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chief-Justice-K.-Sripavan1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chief-Justice-K.-Sripavan1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-152974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chief Justice K. Sripavan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday the Supreme Court had informed\u00a0Speaker Karu Jayasuriya that the Right to Information Bill in its\u00a0present form is required to be passed by the special majority as provided for in article 84(2) of the Constitution and approved by the people at a referendum.<\/p>\n<p>The Right to Information Bill was presented in Parliament on March 24 by Mass Media and Parliamentary Reforms Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Gayantha+Karunathilaka&amp;x=16&amp;y=7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gayantha Karunathilaka<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To read the\u00a0Supreme Court determination click <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/RTI-Determination-by-the-SC-News-CT.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":161837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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