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Email filing of RTI — CIC guidance

§6[1] expressly permits filing 'through electronic means' — email filing is valid; fee may be paid electronically later.

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 +====== Email filing of RTI — CIC guidance ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2021-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
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 +**§6[1] expressly permits filing 'through electronic means' — email filing is valid; fee may be paid electronically later.**
 +
 +//§6(1) permits email filing; fee can follow electronically; PIO cannot reject for format.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2021-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Applicants |
 +^ Respondent | PIOs |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §6(1) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +§6(1) expressly permits filing 'through electronic means' — email filing is valid; fee may be paid electronically later.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +§6(1) expressly permits filing 'through electronic means including through the internet'. Email filing is valid. The fee may follow by electronic payment (NEFT/UPI/card); the 30-day clock starts from the date of payment completion. A PIO cannot reject an email RTI for being 'not in paper form'.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +email filing, §6(1), CIC, electronic
 +
 +===== 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/sc-rti-section-7-3-fee-intimation-2021|§7(3) fee-intimation procedure — SC clarity]] (SC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-gstn-data-2020|GSTN / GSTIN data — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/madras-hc-rti-section-6-2-motive-2013|§6(2) no-motive rule — Madras HC]] (HC-MAD 2013)
 +  * [[/cases/calcutta-hc-rti-fee-waiver|RTI fee for BPL applicants — Calcutta HC]] (HC-CAL 2017)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-multiple-applications-2021|Multiple-topic RTI applications — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2021)
 +
 +===== 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]]
 +  * [[: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}}