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Medical records of deceased relative — CIC

Medical records of a deceased relative disclosable to next-of-kin subject to §8[2] public-interest balancing. Next-of-kin may access deceased's medical records.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Medical records of deceased relative — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §8,medical records,deceased,next-of-kin,§8(1)(j),§8(2),CIC)&metatag-description=(Medical records of a deceased relative disclosable to next-of-kin subject to §8[2] public-interest balancing. Next-of-kin may access deceased's medical records.)}}
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 +====== Medical records of deceased relative — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2018-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Next-of-kin may access deceased's medical records subject to §8(2) balancing; §8(1)(j) narrowly applied.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2018-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Relative of deceased patient |
 +^ Respondent | Government Hospital |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(j) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Medical records of a deceased relative disclosable to next-of-kin subject to §8(2) public-interest balancing.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Medical records of a deceased person are not absolutely protected under §8(1)(j). Next-of-kin may access them subject to public-interest balancing under §8(2). Post-DPDP 2025, the framework retains the balancing test through §8(2).
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +medical records, deceased, next-of-kin, §8(1)(j), §8(2), CIC
 +
 +===== This case cites =====
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/girish-ramchandra-deshpande|Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v. CIC]] (SC 2012)
 +
 +===== 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-aiims-pgi-2020|AIIMS / PGI medical records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-medical-college-seat-2019|Medical college admissions — SC]] (SC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/bombay-hc-rti-medical-council-2018|RTI coverage of Medical Council — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-dpdp-interface-2025|DPDP 2025 effect on §8(1)(j) — Delhi HC guidance]] (HC-DEL 2025)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/cpio-supreme-court-v-subhash-agarwal|CPIO, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal]] (SC 2019)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=CIC|All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[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-cic section-8}}