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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Repeat and frivolous RTI threshold — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §6,RTI §7,frivolous,vexatious,§6(2),CIC)&metatag-description=(CIC declined to recognise any 'frivolous / abusive RTI' exclusion — §6[2] bars such inquiry. //No statutory 'frivolous / vexatious' exception exists under RTI;.)&metatag-robots=(noindex,follow)}}
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 +====== Repeat and frivolous RTI threshold — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2019-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +**CIC declined to recognise any 'frivolous / abusive RTI' exclusion — §6[2] bars such inquiry. //No statutory 'frivolous / vexatious' exception exists under RTI;.**
 +
 +//No statutory 'frivolous / vexatious' exception exists under RTI; §6(2) bars motive inquiry.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2019-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | various |
 +^ Respondent | various |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §6(2) |
 +^ Outcome | Guidance / other |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +CIC declined to recognise any 'frivolous / abusive RTI' exclusion — §6(2) bars such inquiry.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +The RTI Act does not provide for refusal on the ground that the applicant's filings are 'frivolous', 'vexatious' or 'abusive'. [[/act/section-6|§6(2)]] expressly bars inquiry into motive. The sole route to refusal is a [[/act/section-8|§8]] carve-out.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +frivolous, vexatious, §6(2), CIC
 +
 +===== 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/madras-hc-rti-section-6-2-motive-2013|§6(2) no-motive rule — Madras HC]] (HC-MAD 2013)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/irrelevant-information|Irrelevant Information — CIC directive line]] (CIC 2010)
 +  * [[/cases/bombay-hc-pio-deemed-refusal-2014|PIO silence as deemed refusal — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2014)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-departmental-proceedings-rti-2019|Departmental proceedings records — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-duplicate-application-2018|Duplicate RTI applications — CIC]] (CIC 2018)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=CIC|All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=6|All RTI cases turning on §6]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=7|All RTI cases turning on §7]]
 +  * [[: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-6 section-7}}