INTRODUCTION:
Right to Information (RTI) is the right of every citizen in India. Student is also a citizen of India. As applicability of RTI is vast, so the object of the paper is confined to students so that students could gain their entitled information and secure admissions in educational institutions of their choice.
IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION:
In the present day public activity, information is an essential part and it helps in taking right decisions in right time. Securing information is a right of every citizen and providing information is a duty of every public official. “Information” is now a Fundamental Right as held in a Supreme Court case (S.C. Technology and National Resources Policy Vs Union of India 2007(11)scale75). Therefore, denial of information to any person by a public authority leads to infringement of Fundamental Right.
Information is useful to students in many ways like information relating to cut off marks in admissions in educational institutions, cut off marks in competitive exams etc. Under RTI Act, every student has a right to know the functioning of every Public Authority i.e. Universities and other educational institutions, which are also declared as Public Authorities.
