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Court-directed non-disclosure — §8(1)(b) — CIC

Information expressly forbidden from disclosure by a court's sealed-cover / in-camera order is §8[1][b] protected. //Sealed-cover / in-camera court orders trigger.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Court-directed non-disclosure — §8(1)(b) — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §8,sealed cover,§8(1)(b),CIC,contempt)&metatag-description=(Information expressly forbidden from disclosure by a court's sealed-cover / in-camera order is §8[1][b] protected. //Sealed-cover / in-camera court orders trigger.)}}
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 +====== Court-directed non-disclosure — §8(1)(b) — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2018-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Sealed-cover / in-camera court orders trigger §8(1)(b) protection until the court's order is varied.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2018-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Various public authorities |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(b) |
 +^ Outcome | Rejected |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Information expressly forbidden from disclosure by a court's sealed-cover / in-camera order is §8(1)(b) protected.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +§8(1)(b) expressly protects information whose disclosure has been forbidden by any court or tribunal, or whose disclosure would constitute contempt of court. The PIO must cite the specific court order being honoured; blanket invocation is not sufficient.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +sealed cover, §8(1)(b), CIC, contempt
 +
 +===== 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-contempt-of-commission-2020|Defying Commission order — Madras HC]] (HC-MAD 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-pending-supreme-court-decisions-2022|Records of pending SC cases — not disclosable via RTI]] (SC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-high-court-registry-2022|High Court Registry records — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-subordinate-court-judge-transfer-2018|Subordinate-court judge transfers — CIC]] (CIC 2018)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/right-to-information-applications-for-gujarat-high-court-pleadings-cannot-be-filed-by-a-third-party|Gujarat HC pleadings — third-party RTI not maintainable]] (HC-GUJ 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}}