After 10 years and 138 hearings, RTI activist jailed for refusal to keep standing acquitted

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A court acquits civic rights activist Siva Elango after a 10-year legal battle and 138 hearings for being jailed over a refusal to stand during a state information commission hearing. Elango, from the anti-corruption group Satta Panchayat Iyakkam, was initially seeking details on Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa’s advertisement expenses through an RTI petition.