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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Office of the President records — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §2,RTI §8,President,§2(h),§8(1)(i),Art 74(2))&metatag-description=(President's Secretariat = §2[h]; bill assent records + awards disclosed; advice-to-govt communications §8[1][i] protected.)}}
 +
 +====== Office of the President records — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2021-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//President's Secretariat = §2(h); assent records + awards disclosable; advice to govt §8(1)(i) protected.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2021-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Researcher |
 +^ Respondent | President's Secretariat |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h), §8(1)(i) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +President's Secretariat = §2(h); bill assent records + awards disclosed; advice-to-govt communications §8(1)(i) protected.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +The President's Secretariat is a public authority under §2(h). Bill assent records, gallantry/civilian award recommendations and announcements, and petition-disposal records are disclosable. Advice-to-government communications under Article 74(2) and ceremonial deliberations are protected under §8(1)(i) read with constitutional privilege.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +President, §2(h), §8(1)(i), Art 74(2)
 +
 +===== 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/cic-rti-governor-office-2022|Governor's Office records — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-pmo-records-2019|PMO records scope — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-parliament-secretariat-2019|Parliament Secretariat RTI scope — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-gst-council-public-authority-2019|GST Council — public authority status (CIC)]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/karnataka-hc-rti-tender-records-2016|Tender records post-award — Karnataka HC]] (HC-KAR 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}}