§24 proviso — corruption complaint — Bombay HC

Quick Reply: §24 proviso activates for corruption and human-rights violations; CIC Central Govt approval required. §24 exemption does NOT apply to corruption / human-rights. </WRAP>

§24 exemption does NOT apply to corruption / human-rights complaints — proviso forces disclosure path. ===== Case details ===== ^ Court | High Court of Bombay | ^ Decided | 2018-01-01 | ^ Citation | Citation awaited | ^ Petitioner | Citizen / complainant | ^ Respondent | Exempt organisation under §24 | ^ RTI Act sections | §24 | ^ Outcome | Applicant allowed | ===== Outcome ===== §24 proviso activates for corruption and human-rights violations; CIC Central Govt approval required. ===== Ratio decidendi ===== The proviso to §24 carves out two categories from the exempt-organisation notification — allegations of corruption and human rights violations. Such RTIs proceed via the CIC with Central Government approval; a blanket §24 refusal is not available for them. ===== Keywords ===== §24 proviso, Bombay HC, corruption, human rights ===== 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. * CBI exemption under §24 — Delhi HC (HC-DEL 2013) * Police public-relation / RTI-application data — Delhi HC (HC-DEL 2021) * CBI closure reports — CIC (CIC 2020) * Mass-surveillance policy transparency — Delhi HC (HC-DEL 2022) * DPDP 2025 effect on §8(1)(j) — Delhi HC guidance (HC-DEL 2025) ===== Related ===== * All High Court of Bombay rulings in the corpus * All RTI cases turning on §24 * All RTI cases turning on §8 * Full case-law search * Case-Law Database — overview * PIO RTI Reply Guide * The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated

Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.