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Bihar Public Service Commission v. Saiyed Hussain Abbas Rizwi

Interview-panel member identities protected under §8[1][g] to prevent intimidation; marks disclosable. Names of interview-panel members protected under §8(1)(g);.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Bihar Public Service Commission v. Saiyed Hussain Abbas Rizwi,Supreme Court of India RTI,RTI §8,interview panel,§8(1)(g),BPSC,recruitment)&metatag-description=(Interview-panel member identities protected under §8[1][g] to prevent intimidation; marks disclosable. Names of interview-panel members protected under §8(1)(g);.)}}
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 +====== Bihar Public Service Commission v. Saiyed Hussain Abbas Rizwi ======
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 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2012-12-13 · (2012) 13 SCC 61 · **★ Landmark**
 +</WRAP>
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 +**Interview-panel member identities protected under §8[1][g] to prevent intimidation; marks disclosable. Names of interview-panel members protected under §8(1)(g);.**
 +
 +//Names of interview-panel members protected under §8(1)(g); candidate's own marks disclosable.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 2012-12-13 |
 +^ Citation | (2012) 13 SCC 61 |
 +^ Bench | Swatanter Kumar, Madan B. Lokur |
 +^ Petitioner | Bihar Public Service Commission |
 +^ Respondent | Saiyed Hussain Abbas Rizwi |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(g), §8(1)(e) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Interview-panel member identities protected under §8(1)(g) to prevent intimidation; marks disclosable.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +The identity of members on an interview panel is protected under §8(1)(g) because disclosure could endanger or subject them to pressure. However, the candidate's own marks and the overall evaluation methodology are disclosable.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +interview panel, §8(1)(g), BPSC, recruitment
 +
 +===== Later rulings that cite this case =====
 +
 +  * [[/cases/cic-recruitment-panels-anonymity-2014|Recruitment panel anonymity — CIC line]] (CIC 2014)
 +  * [[/cases/bihar-psc-v-state-of-bihar-2012-sc|Bihar PSC — interview marks disclosability]] (SC 2012)
 +
 +===== 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.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/bihar-psc-v-state-of-bihar-2012-sc|Bihar PSC — interview marks disclosability]] (SC 2012)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-recruitment-panels-anonymity-2014|Recruitment panel anonymity — CIC line]] (CIC 2014)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-calcutta-rti-teacher-recruitment-2022|School Service Commission records — Calcutta HC]] (HC-CAL 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-iit-recruitment-2022|IIT faculty recruitment — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-recruitment-qualification-dispute-2019|Recruitment qualification-dispute records — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=SC|All Supreme Court of India rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?landmark=1|All landmark rulings]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
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 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/187127108/|External reported text →]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**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.
 +</WRAP>
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 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-sc section-8 landmark}}