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Research Report

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In this report, we set out to understand the substance of Section 144 orders, the manner of obligations (positive obligations versus negative obligations) imposed, as well as the frequency of imposing such restrictions in Delhi. It contributes to what we identified as a serious gap in research on Section 144 by offering a ground-level analysis of how the provision is being used over a duration of one year, from 01.01.2021 to 01.01.2022, across Delhi. In all, we inspected over 6100 orders and received/examined nearly 5400 of these, passed in the year 2021 (the remaining approx. 600 orders were not provided to us citing the exemption under Section 8(1)(e) of the RTI Act).