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Why You Should Not Fear Personal-Information RTI Queries
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In one line. When an RTI application targets you personally — your attendance, the files you have signed, your tours, complaints against you — the law protects you with five layers: §8(1)(j) (personal information), §11 (third-party procedure and your right to be heard), §8(1)(g) (danger to life / safety), §8(1)(e) (service-fiduciary for evaluative data), and §8(1)(h) (ongoing investigation). You are not helpless. You are a statutory third party with the right to object.
This guide explains, for each of the four most common hostile questions, what is legally disclosable, what is not, how to respond as a third party under §11, how to guide the PIO, and what the organisation should do institutionally.
How to Write an RTI Application: Ask for Records, Not Answers
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In one line. If you want to know how to write an RTI application that works, write it to request records that exist — not answers, not explanations, not “why.” This single shift fixes most rejections. The rest of this piece shows you how, from someone who has read thousands of replies.
RTI This Week — News Roundup, 14 to 21 April 2026
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About this roundup. Every week, this page collects the most important news, court rulings, Information Commission decisions, and editorial commentary on the Right to Information Act, 2005. Each item carries a source link, a one-paragraph plain-English explanation, a brief legal interpretation, and pointers to the relevant articles on this wiki where you can go deeper.
Disclaimer. Items are drawn from publicly reported sources. Quotations and figures cited are paraphrased; readers are encouraged to consult the original article for the precise wording. This page is not legal advice. For decision-specific guidance, consult an advocate or refer to our Disclaimer.
This week's headline. A combination of three Central Information Commission orders and a Supreme Court intervention has put the RTI machinery back in the news — even as commentary mounts on the post-DPDP-2025 narrowing of Section 8(1)(j) and the persistent backlog crisis at State Information Commissions.
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