Before court today, Sir Sobha Singh Trust plea against RSS affiliate over rent dues of ’15 years’

Shyamlal Yadav is one of the pioneers of the effective employ of RTI for investigative reporting.

What happened

Shyamlal Yadav is one of the pioneers of the effective employ of RTI for investigative reporting. He is a member of the Investigative Team. His reporting on polluted rivers, foreign travel of public servants, MPs appointing relatives as assistants, fake journals, LIC's lapsed policies, Honorary doctorates conferred to politicians and authorities, Bank office-holders putting their own funds into Jan Dhan accounts and more has produced a massive impact. He is member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). He has been part of global investigations like Paradise Papers, Fincen Files, Pandora Papers, Uber Files and Hidden Treasures. After his investigation in March 2023 the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York returned 16 antiquities to India. Besides investigative work, he keeps writing on social and political problems.

The bottom line

Taken together, the developments around before court today, Sir Sobha Singh Trust plea against RSS affiliate over point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.