RTI case-law database — 300+ CIC, IC and judicial decisions (2026)

📚 Search 300+ RTI decisions — filter by case name, citation, year, section invoked, or principle text.

• Aditya Bandopadhyay v. CBSE (2011) 8 SCC 497 — answer scripts are “information”
• Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v. CIC (2013) 1 SCC 212 — service records = personal information
• R.K. Jain v. UoI (2013) 8 SCC 1 — file notings disclosable post-decision
• RBI v. Jayantilal Mistry (2016) 3 SCC 525 — RBI inspection reports disclosable
• CPIO Supreme Court v. Subhash Chandra Agrawal (2020) 5 SCC 481 — CJI office is a public authority
• Khanapuram Gandaiah v. Govt of AP (2010) 2 SCC 1 — judicial reasoning not “information”
• ICAI v. Shaunak Satya (2011) 8 SCC 781 — examiner identity protected
• Thalappalam Service Coop Bank v. State of Kerala (2013) 16 SCC 82 — substantial-finance test for cooperatives
• Anjali Bhardwaj v. UoI (2019) 4 SCC 297 — IC vacancies must be filled in 90 days
• ADR v. UoI (2024) — Electoral Bonds struck down; voter right-to-know

• §2(f) what is information — Bandopadhyay; CBSE v. Praveen Hosur (Kar HC 2009)
• §2(h) public authority — Thalappalam; BCCI cases; Subhash Chandra Agrawal v. INC (CIC 2013)
• §4 suo motu — Manohar v. Maharashtra Lokayukta; Subhash Chandra Agrawal v. CPIO PMO (Del HC 2010)
• §7 timeline — P.K. Misra v. CIC (2017); CIC §7 orders 2024-25
• §8(1)(d) commercial — Tata Cellular; PIO TRAI v. Reliance (Del HC 2014)
• §8(1)(e) fiduciary — ICAI v. Shaunak Satya; UPSC v. Angesh Kumar (2018)
• §8(1)(g) safety — Bihar PSC v. Rizwi (2012)
• §8(1)(h) investigation — Jiju Lukose v. Kerala (2014); Manvendra Pratap Singh (CIC 2018)
• §8(1)(j) personal — Deshpande; Vijay Prakash v. UoI (Del HC 2010); pre/post DPDP §44(3)
• §19 appeals — Bhagat Singh v. CIC (Del HC 2007) — speaking order requirement
• §20 penalty — CIC §20 orders 2024-25 (612 penalties in 2025)
• §24 exempt agencies — Common Cause v. UoI (2017) 11 SCC 731

• 10 best CIC decisions of 2025
• Last 12 months of SC rulings
• DPDP §44(3) rewrites §8(1)(j)

The standard format: Case name (Year) Volume Reporter Page (e.g., R.K. Jain v. UoI (2013) 8 SCC 1). For CIC orders use the CIC reference number. Quote the exact paragraph or paraphrase the principle. See how to cite case-law in PIO replies.

⬇ rti-case-database.csv — 300 rows, 7 columns. CC-BY 4.0.

• 10 SC rulings every PIO must know
• HC rulings cluster
• Landmark CIC decisions
• RTI Act guide

{REVIEWED}

tag-case-law-cic-decisions-pillar-master-guide}}