Super Moderator karira 5,897 Posted April 1, 2015 Super Moderator Share Posted April 1, 2015 In a landmark ruling, CIC has ruled that Research papers and PhD Thesis cannot be termed as "personal" information or "third party" information and are disclosable under RTI. The full order is attached to this post. Reasearch Papers PhD thesis.pdf 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MANOJ B. PATEL 21 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Hon'ble sir, it is really a landmark decision. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prasad GLN 1,794 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I have my own doubts, as it may infringe the copy rights of individual. Let us wait for further developments as this decision circumstances are peculiar and larger public interest is involved about the originality of the paper, as appellant has alleged malafide intentions of plagiarism and using her research paper by another as his own and getting Phd. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
naglakshmi 0 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Sir, Already a decision of CIC says that thesis papers are intellectual property of an individual , they come under section 8(1)(d) and hence need not be disclosed. This decision seems to be contrary to the above decision. Let us wait what Delhi High Court says. Yours Sincerely, Dr.S.N.Venkatesan Chennai 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Super Moderator karira 5,897 Posted April 2, 2015 Author Super Moderator Share Posted April 2, 2015 Sir,Already a decision of CIC says that thesis papers are intellectual property of an individual , they come under section 8(1)(d) and hence need not be disclosed. This decision seems to be contrary to the above decision. Let us wait what Delhi High Court says.Yours Sincerely,Dr.S.N.VenkatesanChennaiBut Thesis papers are already in the public domain.....just walk into any library in a University or a Research Institute and you will find them there.In fact, in some cases, they are available on the Internet also:Shodhganga – INFLIBNET for Onilne Ph.D. Thesis of Indian Universities | india vidya 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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