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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(§24 proviso — corruption complaint — Bombay HC,High Court of Bombay RTI,RTI §24,RTI §8,§24 proviso,Bombay HC,corruption,human rights)&metatag-description=(§24 proviso activates for corruption and human-rights violations; CIC Central Govt approval required. //§24 exemption does NOT apply to corruption / human-rights.)&metatag-robots=(noindex,follow)}}
 +
 +====== §24 proviso — corruption complaint — Bombay HC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Bombay** · 2018-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</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.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-cbi-exempt-organization|CBI exemption under §24 — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2013)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-delhi-rti-police-public-relation-2021|Police public-relation / RTI-application data — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-cbi-investigation-closure-2020|CBI closure reports — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-mass-surveillance-transparency-2022|Mass-surveillance policy transparency — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-dpdp-interface-2025|DPDP 2025 effect on §8(1)(j) — Delhi HC guidance]] (HC-DEL 2025)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-BOM|All High Court of Bombay rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=24|All RTI cases turning on §24]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[: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-24 section-8}}