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PSU-listed companies [BPCL, IOCL, HPCL] are §2[h]; annual reports + CSR disclosable; trading strategy §8[1][d]. //PSU-listed cos (BPCL/IOCL/HPCL) = §2(h); annual.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(PSU company board records — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §2,RTI §4,RTI §8,BPCL,IOCL,HPCL,PSU,§2(h))&metatag-description=(PSU-listed companies [BPCL, IOCL, HPCL] are §2[h]; annual reports + CSR disclosable; trading strategy §8[1][d]. //PSU-listed cos (BPCL/IOCL/HPCL) = §2(h); annual.)}}
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 +====== PSU company board records — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2020-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//PSU-listed cos (BPCL/IOCL/HPCL) = §2(h); annual reports + CSR disclosable; trading strategy §8(1)(d).//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2020-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Researcher / RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | BPCL / IOCL / HPCL |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h), §8(1)(d) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +PSU-listed companies (BPCL, IOCL, HPCL) are §2(h); annual reports + CSR disclosable; trading strategy §8(1)(d).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Public sector undertakings including BPCL, IOCL, HPCL — even when listed on stock exchanges — remain public authorities under §2(h) by virtue of majority government shareholding. Annual reports, CSR expenditure, tender awards, and policy decisions are disclosable. Market-sensitive trading strategy and hedging positions are §8(1)(d) protected.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +BPCL, IOCL, HPCL, PSU, §2(h)
 +
 +===== 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/cic-rti-csr-records-2021|CSR expenditure records — CIC]] (CIC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-commercial-confidence-psu-2020|PSU commercial terms — §8(1)(d) — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-sebi-disclosure-2018|SEBI inspection records — CIC]] (CIC 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-section-25-annual-report-cic-2019|§25 annual report — disclosure obligation]] (SC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-sbi-depositor-2021|Bank depositor's own account records — CIC]] (CIC 2021)
 +
 +===== 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]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=4|All RTI cases turning on §4]]
 +  * [[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-2 section-4 section-8}}