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GS-4TRANSPARENCY AND PROBITY IN GOVERNANCE

Shielded for a Morning: What Tamil Nadu's Withdrawn RTI Order Reveals

On September 27, 2026, the Tamil Nadu government revoked G.O. Ms. No. 57 of the Human Resources Management Department, hours after it surfaced publicly. The order had exempted the Public (Law and Order) Department from the RTI Act by specifying it as an intelligence and security organisation. The Indian Express reports that the withdrawal adds to a pattern of policy reversals under the TVK government.

Sub TopicRTI EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 24(4) AND THE ETHICS OF…SourceTHE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS, TIMES…
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GS-4ACCOUNTABILITY IN USE OF FORCE

A Year After Leh: Who Answers for the Order to Fire?

On the first anniversary of the September 24, 2025 violence in Leh, Sonam Wangchuk issued a statement. It demands that the Justice B.S. Chauhan inquiry report be made public, that compensation be raised for the families of the four people killed and that prosecutions be reviewed. According to his statement, 87 people were named as accused and 81 arrested and withdrawal of cases has been approved for 20.

Sub TopicLEH FIRING, THE PENDING JUDICIAL INQUIRY AND THE ETHICS…SourceTHE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS…
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GS-4CONSCIENCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE

The Call of Conscience and the Fear of Heeding It

The piece appears against the backdrop of two Election Commissioners publicly recording formal objections to decisions of the Election Commission of India, which has reopened debate on how much room public servants have to dissent from within while remaining bound by their oath of secrecy. Former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa writes on the ethical dilemmas public servants face between their oath of secrecy and their…

Sub TopicOATH OF SECRECY VS OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTIONSourceINDIAN EXPRESS, THE GUARDIAN…
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