Editorial policy — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026

The editorial policy of RTI Wiki. How sources are verified, how pages are dated, how corrections are handled, and how conflicts of interest are disclosed.

Last reviewed: 20 April 2026

This page describes how RTI Wiki is edited, sourced, reviewed, and corrected. It applies to every page on the site.

Every factual claim on the site carries a citation. Citations draw from, in order of preference:

1. The statute itself. The Right to Information Act, 2005; the RTI (Amendment) Act, 2019; the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023; the RTI Rules, 2012; the RTI Fee Rules, 2005; State RTI Rules; the DPDP Rules, 2025.
2. Binding judgments. Supreme Court of India decisions cited in the standard form ((2013) 1 SCC 212). High Court decisions cited by writ number and date of decision.
3. Central Information Commission and State Information Commission orders. Cited by decision number, date, and decided-by bench.
4. Government circulars and Office Memoranda. Department of Personnel and Training OMs, Ministry notifications.
5. Academic commentary. Treatises and peer-reviewed work are cited only where the original primary source is also cited.

Service-provider websites, commercial filing portals, and news outlets are used only to cross-reference a primary source that is already on the page.

• First draft. Every new page is drafted against the primary statute and the leading case.
• Legal fact-check. Every case citation is checked against the original reporter. Every section reference is checked against the current text of the Act.
• Dated review. Every page carries a “Last reviewed on” line. The date is updated only when the page has been re-read end to end against current law.
• Snapshot link. Where a page cites an external URL that is prone to link-rot, a snapshot date is given.

Corrections are public. On pages where a material error has been corrected, the following is added at the top of the affected section:

Correction, {date}. {one-line description of the error, the fix, and the source that justified the change.}

Minor corrections (typos, spelling, formatting) are not logged individually. Substantive corrections — to a section reference, a case citation, a procedural step, a timeline, or a legal position — are always logged.

Readers may submit corrections through the feedback widget at the bottom of every page. The editor acknowledges every correction received.

The editor does not offer paid legal services, does not file RTIs on behalf of clients, and does not take advertising from any entity with a stake in the outcome of an RTI proceeding.

The site carries contextual advertising (Google AdSense). Ad placement is site-wide and not article-specific. Advertisers do not have editorial input.

Where the editor has personal involvement in a matter discussed on the site, that involvement is disclosed on the page itself.

Content on this site is published under GFDL 1.3 unless otherwise marked. Citations from statutes and official sources carry their original copyright. Case-law excerpts are used under the common-law doctrine of fair use for commentary and review.

Reuse is welcomed. See the media kit for citation guidelines.

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Last reviewed on: 20 April 2026 — RTI Wiki editorial team.