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PIB accreditation records — CIC

Own PIB accreditation file disclosable; aggregate accredited-journalist list by organisation disclosable; individual applications §8[1][j].

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(PIB accreditation records — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §7,RTI §8,PIB,accreditation,journalism,CIC)&metatag-description=(Own PIB accreditation file disclosable; aggregate accredited-journalist list by organisation disclosable; individual applications §8[1][j].)}}
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 +====== PIB accreditation records — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2019-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
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 +**Own PIB accreditation file disclosable; aggregate accredited-journalist list by organisation disclosable; individual applications §8[1][j].**
 +
 +//Own PIB file: full access. Accreditation list (aggregate): §4. Third-party applications: §8(1)(j).//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2019-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Journalist / RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Press Information Bureau |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §7, §8 |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Own PIB accreditation file disclosable; aggregate accredited-journalist list by organisation disclosable; individual applications §8(1)(j).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +A journalist's own Press Information Bureau accreditation file — application, references, background-verification outcome — is fully accessible. The aggregate list of accredited journalists by organisation and accreditation category is §4(1)(b) material. Third-party individual applications remain §8(1)(j) protected.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +PIB, accreditation, journalism, CIC
 +
 +===== 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/hc-gauhati-rti-nrc-records-2021|NRC process records — Gauhati HC]] (HC-GAU 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-passport-seva-2021|Passport Seva records — CIC]] (CIC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-foreign-contribution-annual-reports-2022|FCRA annual reports aggregate disclosure — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-assam-rti-citizens-register-2022|NRC aggregate statistics — Gauhati HC]] (HC-GAU 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-property-tax-assessment-2020|Property-tax assessment 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=7|All RTI cases turning on §7]]
 +  * [[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-7 section-8}}