https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=863 Shortage of staff or custodial status does not justify refusal to furnish public records under the Right to Information framework; the RTI Act overrides inconsistent laws or internal archival policies, archival custody does not excuse non-disclosure, records older than the statutory declassification threshold are ordinarily disclosable without departmental consent, departments must be notified and allowed a brief period to object, and administrative resource constraints are not a legal ground to deny access. en-us Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=863 Shortage of staff or custodial status does not justify refusal to furnish public records under the Right to Information framework; the RTI Act overrides inconsistent laws or internal archival policies, archival custody does not excuse non-disclosure, records older than the statutory declassification threshold are ordinarily disclosable without departmental consent, departments must be notified and allowed a brief period to object, and administrative resource constraints are not a legal ground to deny access. Articles Other Topics Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=863