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Witness identity protection — §8(1)(g) — CIC

Identity of witnesses and informants in active investigations protected under §8[1][g] for life and safety. //§8(1)(g) protects witness/informant identity where.

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 +====== Witness identity protection — §8(1)(g) — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2021-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
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 +**Identity of witnesses and informants in active investigations protected under §8[1][g] for life and safety. //§8(1)(g) protects witness/informant identity where.**
 +
 +//§8(1)(g) protects witness/informant identity where disclosure could endanger them.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2021-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Defence counsel / RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Investigating agency |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(g) |
 +^ Outcome | Rejected |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Identity of witnesses and informants in active investigations protected under §8(1)(g) for life and safety.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +§8(1)(g) protects information whose disclosure would endanger life or physical safety — including witness and informant identity in investigations. Protection continues post-investigation where the witness remains at risk.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +witness protection, §8(1)(g), CIC, informant
 +
 +===== 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-whistleblower-protection-2014|RTI whistleblower protection — §8(1)(g)]] (SC 2014)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-whistleblower-complaint-2019|Whistleblower complaint anonymity — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/bihar-psc-v-state-of-bihar-2012-sc|Bihar PSC — interview marks disclosability]] (SC 2012)
 +  * [[/cases/bihar-public-service-commission-v-saiyed-hussain-abbas-rizwi-2012-sc|Bihar Public Service Commission v. Saiyed Hussain Abbas Rizwi]] (SC 2012)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-dgca-aircraft-investigation-2023|DGCA aircraft-incident investigation — CIC]] (CIC 2023)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=CIC|All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[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-8}}