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PM CARES Fund status — CIC — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026

PM CARES Fund status as §2[h] public authority remains legally disputed; SC writ petition pending. CIC cannot conclusively adjudicate.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(PM CARES Fund status — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §2,PM CARES,PMNRF,§2(h),CIC)&metatag-description=(PM CARES Fund status as §2[h] public authority remains legally disputed; SC writ petition pending. CIC cannot conclusively adjudicate.)}}
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 +====== PM CARES Fund status — CIC — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026 ======
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2022-01-01 · Citation awaited · **★ Landmark**
 +</WRAP>
 +
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 +**PM CARES Fund status as §2[h] public authority remains legally disputed; SC writ petition pending. CIC cannot conclusively adjudicate.**
 +
 +//PM CARES Fund §2(h) status disputed; SC writ pending as of 2022. CIC declines to adjudicate.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2022-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | PMO / PM CARES |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h) |
 +^ Outcome | Rejected |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +PM CARES Fund status as §2(h) public authority remains legally disputed; SC writ petition pending. CIC cannot conclusively adjudicate.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +The PM CARES Fund's status as a 'public authority' under §2(h) has been legally contested. Multiple SC writ petitions are pending. Pending adjudication, the CIC has declined to definitively rule on §2(h) coverage — distinguishing from the **[[:cases/prime-minister-relief-fund-cic-2015|PMNRF (2015)]]** which was held to be covered.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +PM CARES, PMNRF, §2(h), 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/prime-minister-relief-fund-cic-2015|PMNRF coverage under RTI — CIC ruling]] (CIC 2015)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-section-23-civil-courts-bar-2017|§23 civil-courts bar — SC clarification]] (SC 2017)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-sovereign-wealth-fund-2022|NIIF / sovereign-wealth records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/sic-jharkhand-rti-mining-2022|Mining district-fund records — Jharkhand SIC]] (SIC-JH 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-pending-supreme-court-decisions-2022|Records of pending SC cases — not disclosable via RTI]] (SC 2022)
 +
 +===== 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?landmark=1|All landmark rulings]]
 +  * [[: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 landmark}}