Study of Whistleblower Protection Act, Penalty and offences under this act and latest amendments made to the Act

Authors

  • Chauhan K Assistant Professor(Contract) , Department of Law, CDLU Sirsa

Keywords:

Whistleblowers protection under private sector, Whistleblowers protection under public sector

Abstract

A whistleblower is someone who reveals sensitive information about misconduct of a public official or an organization. Eg- Using low grade materials while constructing roads in order to pocket public money. India has seen many Whistleblowers who have risked their lives to let the public know of illegal or corrupt activities.
In order to safeguard and protect such people, the government introduced the Whistleblower act in 2014 which guaranteed protection of a person’s identity and information revealed by the person. Under this Act, anybody could reveal information related to corruption or misuse of power by government officials and public offices with or without the RTI (Right To Information).

References

http://persmin.gov.in/DOPT/EmployeesCorner/Acts_Rules/TheWhistleBlowersProtectionAct2011.pdf

http://www.prsindia.org/billtrack/the-whistle-blowers-protection-amendment-bill-2015-3784/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistleblower#Private_sector_whistleblowing

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Published

2018-03-30

How to Cite

Chauhan, K. (2018). Study of Whistleblower Protection Act, Penalty and offences under this act and latest amendments made to the Act. Universal Research Reports, 5(1), 106–109. Retrieved from https://urr.shodhsagar.com/index.php/j/article/view/493

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2018): Volume 5 | Issue 1 | 2018

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Original Research Article

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