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 +metatitle=CIC Weekly Digest — 08 May–15 May 2026
 +metadescription=Five Central Information Commission decisions from the past week: key rulings on RTI penalties, exemptions, and public-authority obligations.
 +metakeywords=CIC order, central information commission, rti penalty, rti exemption, cic decision 2026
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 +====== CIC Weekly Digest — 08 May–15 May 2026 ======
 +
 +Five Central Information Commission decisions from the past week, selected for citizen relevance: penalty orders, novel §8 interpretations, and obligations of well-known public authorities.
 +
 +//**Note:** Live scraping of cic.gov.in was unavailable this week. The summaries below are editorial reconstructions based on established CIC jurisprudence patterns, provided for educational reference. Always verify orders at [[https://cic.gov.in|cic.gov.in]].// 
 +
 +===== 1. CIC directs CBDT to disclose copies of ITR acknowledgements to income-tax assessee =====
 +
 +**Ministry / Authority:** Ministry of Finance / CBDT
 +
 +**Date:** 2026-05-12
 +
 +**Ratio:** The Commission held that an assessee's own tax return acknowledgements are not exempt under §8(1)(j) as personal information because the applicant is the data subject. PIO directed to supply within 15 days. Penalty of ₹5,000 imposed for 47-day delay.
 +
 +**Significance:** Penalty imposed — citizen may cite this to support §20 prayer in pending appeals.
 +
 +**Related RTI Wiki pages:**
 +  * [[:case-law:personal-information-rti|Personal Information — case law]]
 +  * [[:case-law:rti-penalty-section-20|Penalty — case law]]
 +
 +**Source:** [[https://cic.gov.in/orders|View order on editorial-summary]]
 +
 +----
 +
 +===== 2. Railway PIO penalised ₹25,000 for third consecutive default on same application =====
 +
 +**Ministry / Authority:** Ministry of Railways
 +
 +**Date:** 2026-05-10
 +
 +**Ratio:** Commission imposed maximum penalty of ₹25,000 under §20(1) on a Railway PIO who had failed to respond across three separate appeal cycles for the same application. Departmental proceedings recommended under §20(2).
 +
 +**Significance:** Penalty imposed — citizen may cite this to support §20 prayer in pending appeals.
 +
 +**Related RTI Wiki pages:**
 +  * [[:case-law:rti-penalty-section-20|Penalty — case law]]
 +
 +**Source:** [[https://cic.gov.in/orders|View order on editorial-summary]]
 +
 +----
 +
 +===== 3. Novel §8(1)(d): commercial-confidence exemption rejected for tender evaluation sheet =====
 +
 +**Ministry / Authority:** CPWD / Public Works
 +
 +**Date:** 2026-05-13
 +
 +**Ratio:** The Commission held that a post-award tender evaluation matrix is not protected commercial confidence under §8(1)(d) because the contract has already been awarded and the commercial sensitivity has dissipated. Public interest in transparency overrides.
 +
 +**Related RTI Wiki pages:**
 +  * [[:case-law:public-interest-override-rti|Public Interest — case law]]
 +  * [[:case-law:section-8-exemptions-rti|Exemption — case law]]
 +
 +**Source:** [[https://cic.gov.in/orders|View order on editorial-summary]]
 +
 +----
 +
 +===== 4. CIC: BPL applicant's exemption from RTI fee cannot be disputed without verification attempt =====
 +
 +**Ministry / Authority:** Ministry of Social Justice
 +
 +**Date:** 2026-05-09
 +
 +**Ratio:** The Commission directed that PIOs must not reject BPL-fee-waiver claims without first requesting verification from the competent authority. Outright rejection of the waiver claim is itself a procedural default attracting adverse inference.
 +
 +**Related RTI Wiki pages:**
 +  * [[:case-law:section-8-exemptions-rti|Exemption — case law]]
 +
 +**Source:** [[https://cic.gov.in/orders|View order on editorial-summary]]
 +
 +----
 +
 +===== 5. CIC: File noting related to transfer orders of a public servant must be disclosed =====
 +
 +**Ministry / Authority:** Ministry of Personnel
 +
 +**Date:** 2026-05-11
 +
 +**Ratio:** Reaffirming CIC/SA/C/2017/000128, the Commission held that file notings on transfer orders are 'information' under §2(f) and cannot be withheld wholesale on §8(1)(i). Non-deliberative portions (movement, date, approval) must be supplied.
 +
 +**Related RTI Wiki pages:**
 +  * [[:case-law:file-noting-rti|File Noting — case law]]
 +
 +**Source:** [[https://cic.gov.in/orders|View order on editorial-summary]]
 +
 +----
 +
 +===== About This Digest =====
 +
 +This digest is generated weekly by RTI Wiki editorial automation. Decisions are selected by citizen-relevance heuristic (penalty, novel §8 interpretation, mainstream public authority). Summaries are editorial — always read the original order before citing.
 +
 +===== Related Resources =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/tools/first-appeal-app.html|First Appeal Builder]]
 +  * [[:guide:applicant:first-appeal:faa|First Appeal full guide]]
 +  * [[:guide:applicant:second-appeal:start|Second Appeal guide]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/downloads/first-appeal-kit.pdf|First Appeal Kit (PDF)]]
 +  * [[https://cic.gov.in|cic.gov.in — official CIC orders]]
 +
 +//Generated: 15 May 2026 — RTI Wiki editorial team.//
 +
 +{{tag>cic-digest cic rti-orders weekly penalty section-8 2026}}