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Aided private schools under RTI — Bombay HC

Government-aided private schools receiving salary grants are public authorities under §2[h]. Aided private schools (salary-grant recipients) are public authorities.

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 +====== Aided private schools under RTI — Bombay HC ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Bombay** · 2019-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
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 +**Government-aided private schools receiving salary grants are public authorities under §2[h]. Aided private schools (salary-grant recipients) are public authorities.**
 +
 +//Aided private schools (salary-grant recipients) are public authorities under §2(h).//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Bombay |
 +^ Decided | 2019-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Aided private school |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Government-aided private schools receiving salary grants are public authorities under §2(h).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Private schools that receive salary grants from State governments for their teaching staff are 'substantially financed' within the meaning of §2(h) and are public authorities obliged to comply with the RTI Act.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +aided schools, Bombay HC, §2(h), education
 +
 +===== This case cites =====
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/thalappalam-coop-vs-state-of-kerala|Thalappalam Service Coop Bank v. State of Kerala]] (SC 2013)
 +  * [[/cases/dav-college-trust-v-director-2019-sc|D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society v. Director of Public Instructions]] (SC 2019)
 +
 +===== 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/cic-rti-ptc-transfer-certificate-2020|School transfer certificate records — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-section-2-h-ngo-receipt-2014|§2(h) applied to grant-receiving NGO]] (SC 2014)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-lok-sabha-mp-salary-2020|MP salary + allowances — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-charitable-trust-public-authority-2017|Charitable trusts receiving State grants — CIC]] (CIC 2017)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-private-contract-with-govt-2019|Private contractor records with govt — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2019)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-BOM|All High Court of Bombay rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=2|All RTI cases turning on §2]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<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>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-hc-bom section-2}}