The accountability of a person towards the Society or towards another individual has a close relation with the concept of justice. The justice, in the ordinary sense, is a process whereby a person is held accountable for his actions and inactions. And if we say that there is no justice in our country, it follows that persons are not held accountable for their wrongful, unauthorized and illegal actions, implying governance by whims and fancies of powerful individuals, be in politics or otherwise. In this backdrop, the availability of certain information may be instrumental in enforcing accountability of persons, more particularly of the govts and its administration. The Right to Information Act, 2005 provides a statutory framework for obtaining certain information, more particularly, about the functioning of the administration of our Country. In the history of laws, it is perhaps the only law which has elevated the status of a common man to the status of an M.P. and ...