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GST Council — public authority status (CIC)

GST Council Secretariat is a 'public authority' under §2[h]; minutes of meetings disclosable subject to §8[1][i] time-lag.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(GST Council — public authority status (CIC),Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §2,GST Council,§2(h),CIC,minutes)&metatag-description=(GST Council Secretariat is a 'public authority' under §2[h]; minutes of meetings disclosable subject to §8[1][i] time-lag.)}}
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 +====== GST Council — public authority status (CIC) ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2019-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//GST Council is a §2(h) public authority; minutes disclosable subject to §8(1)(i) cabinet-deliberation timing.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2019-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | GST Council Secretariat |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +GST Council Secretariat is a 'public authority' under §2(h); minutes of meetings disclosable subject to §8(1)(i) time-lag.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +The GST Council, constituted under Article 279A of the Constitution with its own secretariat, is a public authority under §2(h). Its meeting agenda and minutes are disclosable; ongoing-deliberation content may be temporarily withheld under §8(1)(i) until decisions are taken.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +GST Council, §2(h), CIC, minutes
 +
 +===== 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/delhi-hc-rti-minutes-2019|Meeting minutes of statutory bodies — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/bombay-hc-rti-medical-council-2018|RTI coverage of Medical Council — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-iso-cii-business-bodies-2019|Trade-body interactions with government — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-university-appointments-2020|University appointment records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2020)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=CIC|All Central Information Commission 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-cic section-2}}