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PSU commercial terms — §8(1)(d) — CIC

PSU's commercial terms with private vendors protected under §8[1][d]; summary award details disclosable. PSU commercial-terms details are §8(1)(d) protected;.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(PSU commercial terms — §8(1)(d) — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §8,RTI §11,PSU,commercial confidence,§8(1)(d),CIC,tender)&metatag-description=(PSU's commercial terms with private vendors protected under §8[1][d]; summary award details disclosable. PSU commercial-terms details are §8(1)(d) protected;.)}}
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 +====== PSU commercial terms — §8(1)(d) — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2020-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
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 +
 +**PSU's commercial terms with private vendors protected under §8[1][d]; summary award details disclosable. PSU commercial-terms details are §8(1)(d) protected;.**
 +
 +//PSU commercial-terms details are §8(1)(d) protected; summary tender-award data disclosable.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2020-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Competitor / RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Public-sector undertaking |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(d) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +PSU's commercial terms with private vendors protected under §8(1)(d); summary award details disclosable.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Commercial terms in a PSU's contracts with private vendors — pricing schedules, royalty rates, IP licences — are protected under §8(1)(d). Tender-award summary data (winner, amount, delivery timeline) is typically disclosable, subject to §11 third-party notice.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +PSU, commercial confidence, §8(1)(d), CIC, tender
 +
 +===== 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/karnataka-hc-rti-tender-records-2016|Tender records post-award — Karnataka HC]] (HC-KAR 2016)
 +  * [[/cases/karnataka-hc-rti-bmtc-tenders-2020|BMTC tender records — Karnataka HC]] (HC-KAR 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-railway-tender-commercial-2022|Railway tender awards — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-sovereign-wealth-fund-2022|NIIF / sovereign-wealth records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-bharat-petroleum-2020|PSU company board records — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +
 +===== 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]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=11|All RTI cases turning on §11]]
 +  * [[: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 section-11}}