RTI replies in accessible formats for PwD — CIC

Quick Reply: §7[4] requires PIOs to provide information in accessible formats for persons with sensory disability. §7(4) mandates PIOs provide information in accessible. </WRAP>

§7(4) mandates PIOs provide information in accessible formats (Braille/audio/screen-readable) for PwD. ===== Case details ===== ^ Court | Central Information Commission | ^ Decided | 2021-01-01 | ^ Citation | Citation awaited | ^ Petitioner | Person with disability | ^ Respondent | PIO | ^ RTI Act sections | §7(4) | ^ Outcome | Applicant allowed | ===== Outcome ===== §7(4) requires PIOs to provide information in accessible formats for persons with sensory disability. ===== Ratio decidendi ===== §7(4) places an obligation on PIOs to provide assistance to persons with sensory disability to access information. This includes Braille output, audio recordings, screen-reader-compatible digital formats, and assisted inspection. ===== Keywords ===== disability, §7(4), accessibility, CIC, Braille ===== 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. * Disability certificate records — Delhi HC (HC-DEL 2022) * Machine-readable electoral rolls — SC (SC 2023) * Inspection of records under RTI — CIC guidance (CIC 2013) * YSR welfare pension records — Andhra Pradesh HC (HC-AP 2022) * Arvind Kejriwal v. CPIO (HC-DEL 2010) ===== Related ===== * All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus * All RTI cases turning on §7 * Full case-law search * Case-Law Database — overview * PIO RTI Reply Guide * The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated

Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.