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Module 11 — Landmark Case Law — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026
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The RTI corpus rests on 25 landmark rulings every PIO and FAA must know. The indispensable Supreme Court authorities: Aditya Bandopadhyay (narrowed Section 8(1)(e) fiduciary), Thalappalam (Section 2(h) two-step test), Girish Deshpande (Section 8(1)(j) service records), Jayantilal Mistry (regulator not a fiduciary), Puttaswamy (privacy as fundamental right), and Subhash Chandra Agarwal (CJI office is a public authority).
Part of the PIO / FAA CPD Course · Full curriculum.
Module 11 · ~3 hours · 15-question self-check quiz. This module covers Landmark Case Law and produces a reusable drafting template you can use in your own RTI workflow.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this module you will be able to:
- Cite 25 rulings every PIO / FAA must know
- Write a three-line ratio that persuades an FAA
- Distinguish Supreme Court, High Court, and CIC weight on a given exemption
Required reading
Each link below takes you to the detailed practitioner article in the RTI Wiki knowledge base. Use these as your primary text for the module.
Drafting template
Case-citation template — 3-line ratio format for FAA orders.
Enrolled students receive the fillable Word / Google Docs version in the course dashboard.
Exercise
Given 10 exemption decisions, match each to the single most-persuasive case.
Key citations
- Aditya Bandopadhyay, Shaunak Satya, Deshpande, R.K. Jain, Namit Sharma, Thalappalam, Jayantilal Mistry, Puttaswamy, Lalita Kumari, Joginder Kumar + 15 HC rulings
Self-check quiz
- 15 multiple-choice questions, drawn from the reading above.
- Open-book. No time limit.
- You must score at least 70% to unlock the next module (quiz score contributes to the 30 CPD hours).
- Available on the course dashboard after enrolment.
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