Table of Contents

Lok Pal under RTI — SC

Supreme Court of India · 2024-01-01 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark

Lok Pal = §2(h) public authority; live-inquiry records §8(1)(h), closed-case orders disclosable.

Case details

Court Supreme Court of India
Decided 2024-01-01
Citation Citation awaited
Petitioner RTI applicant
Respondent Lok Pal of India
RTI Act sections §2(h), §8(1)(h)
Outcome Partly allowed

Outcome

Lok Pal of India is a public authority; pending-investigation records §8(1)(h) protected; closed cases disclosable.

Ratio decidendi

The Lok Pal of India, constituted under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, is a statutory body and public authority under §2(h). Pending-inquiry records are protected under §8(1)(h). Closed-case orders, aggregate statistics and annual reports are disclosable.

Keywords

Lok Pal, Lokpal, §2(h), CIC

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.

Editorial summary, not a certified report. The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, verify against the full reported decision. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.

Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.