PSU company board records — CIC

Quick Reply: PSU-listed companies [BPCL, IOCL, HPCL] are §2[h]; annual reports + CSR disclosable; trading strategy §8[1][d]. PSU-listed cos (BPCL/IOCL/HPCL) = §2(h); annual. </WRAP>

PSU-listed cos (BPCL/IOCL/HPCL) = §2(h); annual reports + CSR disclosable; trading strategy §8(1)(d). ===== Case details ===== ^ Court | Central Information Commission | ^ Decided | 2020-01-01 | ^ Citation | Citation awaited | ^ Petitioner | Researcher / RTI applicant | ^ Respondent | BPCL / IOCL / HPCL | ^ RTI Act sections | §2(h), §8(1)(d) | ^ Outcome | Partly allowed | ===== Outcome ===== PSU-listed companies (BPCL, IOCL, HPCL) are §2(h); annual reports + CSR disclosable; trading strategy §8(1)(d). ===== Ratio decidendi ===== Public sector undertakings including BPCL, IOCL, HPCL — even when listed on stock exchanges — remain public authorities under §2(h) by virtue of majority government shareholding. Annual reports, CSR expenditure, tender awards, and policy decisions are disclosable. Market-sensitive trading strategy and hedging positions are §8(1)(d) protected. ===== Keywords ===== BPCL, IOCL, HPCL, PSU, §2(h) ===== Similar cases in the corpus ===== These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law. * CSR expenditure records — CIC (CIC 2021) * PSU commercial terms — §8(1)(d) — CIC (CIC 2020) * SEBI inspection records — CIC (CIC 2018) * §25 annual report — disclosure obligation (SC 2019) * Bank depositor's own account records — CIC (CIC 2021) ===== Related ===== * All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus * All RTI cases turning on §2 * All RTI cases turning on §4 * All RTI cases turning on §8 * Full case-law search * Case-Law Database — overview * PIO RTI Reply Guide * The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated

Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.