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Cabinet note post-decision — §8(1)(i) — CIC

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Cabinet note post-decision — §8(1)(i) — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §8,Cabinet note,§8(1)(i),CIC,post-decision)&metatag-description=(Cabinet Note disclosable once the decision is announced and the matter concluded [per //R.K. Jain// SC 2013]. Cabinet note disclosable after decision announced;.)}}
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 +====== Cabinet note post-decision — §8(1)(i) — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2022-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Cabinet note disclosable after decision announced; §8(1)(i) is not a permanent bar — per //R.K. Jain// (SC 2013).//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2022-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Researcher / RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Cabinet Secretariat |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(i) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Cabinet Note disclosable once the decision is announced and the matter concluded (per //R.K. Jain// SC 2013).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Applying //R.K. Jain// (SC 2013), a Cabinet Note becomes disclosable after the Cabinet decision is taken and announced, and the matter is concluded. The PIO must perform the §8(1)(i) test at the date of the RTI application — not treat cabinet material as permanently secret.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +Cabinet note, §8(1)(i), CIC, post-decision
 +
 +===== 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/rk-jain-v-uoi-2013-sc|R.K. Jain v. Union of India]] (SC 2013)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-state-cabinet-2020|State-cabinet records — §8(1)(i) applicability]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/rajeev-mankotia-v-cic-2012-del-hc|Rajeev Mankotia v. CIC (file notings)]] (HC-DEL 2012)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-university-appointments-2020|University appointment records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-minutes-2019|Meeting minutes of statutory bodies — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 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}}