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 +====== RTI coverage of Medical Council — Bombay HC ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Bombay** · 2018-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
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 +**Statutory professional councils [MCI, Bar Council, State Medical Councils] are 'public authorities' under §2[h]. Statutory professional councils are public.**
 +
 +//Statutory professional councils are public authorities under §2(h); must comply with RTI Act.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Bombay |
 +^ Decided | 2018-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Medical Council of India / State Medical Council |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Statutory professional councils (MCI, Bar Council, State Medical Councils) are 'public authorities' under §2(h).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Statutory professional councils — such as the Medical Council of India, Bar Council, State Medical Councils — are established by statute and exercise regulatory functions. They are 'public authorities' under §2(h) and obliged to comply with the RTI Act.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +Medical Council, §2(h), Bombay HC, statutory councils
 +
 +===== This case cites =====
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/thalappalam-coop-vs-state-of-kerala|Thalappalam Service Coop Bank v. State of Kerala]] (SC 2013)
 +
 +===== 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/delhi-hc-rti-bar-council-2018|Bar Council of India under RTI — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-medical-college-seat-2019|Medical college admissions — SC]] (SC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-gst-council-public-authority-2019|GST Council — public authority status (CIC)]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-aiims-pgi-2020|AIIMS / PGI medical records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-minutes-2019|Meeting minutes of statutory bodies — 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}}