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Parliament Secretariat RTI scope — CIC

Parliament Secretariats are §2[h]; published proceedings / committee reports disclosable; internal deliberation protected by §8[1][c].

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Parliament Secretariat RTI scope — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §2,RTI §8,Parliament,§2(h),§8(1)(c),privilege)&metatag-description=(Parliament Secretariats are §2[h]; published proceedings / committee reports disclosable; internal deliberation protected by §8[1][c].)}}
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 +====== Parliament Secretariat RTI scope — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2019-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Parliament Secretariats = §2(h); published proceedings disclosable; §8(1)(c) protects internal deliberations.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2019-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Researcher |
 +^ Respondent | Lok Sabha / Rajya Sabha Secretariat |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h), §8(1)(c) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Parliament Secretariats are §2(h); published proceedings / committee reports disclosable; internal deliberation protected by §8(1)(c).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats are public authorities under §2(h). Published proceedings (once on official record), tabled committee reports, and administrative records are disclosable. Internal committee deliberations, draft reports, and member-confidence records are protected under §8(1)(c) breach of parliamentary privilege.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +Parliament, §2(h), §8(1)(c), privilege
 +
 +===== 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/delhi-hc-rti-parliamentary-committee-2017|Parliamentary committee records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2017)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-manipur-rti-assembly-records-2021|Assembly proceedings and constituency-fund records — Manipur HC]] (HC-MN 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-lok-sabha-mp-salary-2020|MP salary + allowances — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-cag-reports-2021|CAG audit reports — CIC]] (CIC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-appointment-committees-2016|Search-cum-Selection committee records — CIC]] (CIC 2016)
 +
 +===== 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=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-8}}