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| + | ====== RTI fee for BPL applicants — Calcutta HC ====== | ||
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| + | **High Court of Calcutta** · 2017-01-01 · Citation awaited | ||
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| + | ===== Case details ===== | ||
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| + | ^ Court | High Court of Calcutta | | ||
| + | ^ Decided | 2017-01-01 | | ||
| + | ^ Citation | Citation awaited | | ||
| + | ^ Petitioner | BPL RTI applicant | | ||
| + | ^ Respondent | PIO | | ||
| + | ^ RTI Act sections | §6, §7 | | ||
| + | ^ Outcome | Applicant allowed | | ||
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| + | ===== Outcome ===== | ||
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| + | BPL certificate is a sufficient basis for fee waiver under §6(1); PIO cannot demand additional proof. | ||
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| + | ===== Ratio decidendi ===== | ||
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| + | The statutory scheme under §6(1) read with the RTI Rules provides full fee exemption for below-poverty-line applicants. Production of a BPL certificate is sufficient; a PIO cannot demand an affidavit or additional proof. | ||
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| + | ===== Keywords ===== | ||
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| + | BPL, fee waiver, Calcutta HC, §6(1) | ||
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| + | ===== Similar cases in the corpus ===== | ||
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| + | //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.// | ||
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| + | * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]] | ||
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| + | **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. | ||
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| + | //Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.// | ||
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