Police departments are the largest RTI rejecters in 2025

Police departments are the single largest invokers of §8 exemptions in 2025. Drilling into the data, the patterns, and applicant counter-strategies.

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+====== Police departments are the largest RTI rejecters in 2025 ======
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+The CIC Annual Report 2024-25 confirms what activists have long suspected: **police departments are the single largest invokers of §8 exemptions** — accounting for ~22% of all rejections.
+===== The breakdown =====
+  * **§8(1)(g)** — informant safety: **42%** of police rejections.
+  * **§8(1)(h)** — investigation interference: **31%**.
+  * **§8(1)(j)** — third-party privacy: **18%**.
+  * **§24** — schedule-listed agency: **9%**.
+===== State patterns =====
+  * **Maharashtra Police** — top rejecter; ~5,400 rejections in 2024-25.
+  * **Delhi Police** — ~3,800.
+  * **UP Police** — ~3,200.
+  * **Karnataka Police** — relatively low rejecter.
+===== Common rejection patterns to counter =====
+  - **"Investigation pending" indefinitely** — counter with: file §156(3) magistrate complaint and force update.
+  - **"Informant identity"** — RTI for **closed/disposed** matters; identity protection lapses.
+  - **"Third-party"** — frame ask for **anonymised institutional data** instead.
+===== What is winning =====
+  * **Lalita Kumari (2014)** + **Bhagwant Singh (1985)** + **Jiju Lukose (2014)** trilogy is winning FIR-disclosure appeals.
+  * **D.K. Basu (1997)** for arrest-records disclosures.
+  * **NCRB statistics** — public, can be used to triangulate police data.
+===== Practical strategy =====
+  - File initial RTI for **statistical/aggregate** data (FIR types, conviction rates) — usually disclosable.
+  - For specific cases, await **closure/disposal**, then file with closure reference.
+  - For misconduct, file directly to **SP/DGP** with cc to State Human Rights Commission.
+===== Sources =====
+  - CIC Annual Report 2024-25.
+  - NCRB Crime in India 2024.
+  - Lalita Kumari (2014); D.K. Basu (1997).
+//Last reviewed: 25 April 2026.//
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