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 +====== Sharat Kohli v. Cbi — CIC 2021 ======
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 +{{ :social:auto:cases-cic-sharat-kohli-v-cbi-2021-320540.png?direct&1200 |Sharat Kohli v. Cbi — CIC 2021 — RTI Wiki}}
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 +**Quick Reply:** The Commission **dismissed** the appeal: the information sought was held to be **personal**, attracting §8(1)(j). Two layers matter before you file against CBI at all — the **Second Schedule** status under §24 (disclosure only on corruption/human-rights grounds, with the Government's concurrence), and, on the facts here, the **privacy** ground. Asking for a **third party's** personal material in an investigative file is the weakest possible posture.
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 +**Central Information Commission** · 2021-12-28 · CIC File No. IK/32054054
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 +**Appeal dismissed by the Commission. Read the full guide on RTI Wiki — India's independent Right to Information reference.**
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 +//Information sought is personal//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2021-12-28 |
 +^ Citation | CIC File No. IK/32054054 |
 +^ Bench | CIC Single Bench |
 +^ Petitioner | Sharat Kohli |
 +^ Respondent | Cbi |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1) |
 +^ Outcome | Rejected |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
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 +Appeal dismissed by the Commission
 +
 +===== Reading the order =====
 +
 +  * **What was sought:** personal information, from the CBI — the file number (IK/32054054, 28 December 2021) places it in the ordinary second-appeal stream.
 +  * **What was held:** the information sought is **personal** — §8(1)(j) applies, and the appeal fails.
 +  * **The context layers:** CBI sits in the **Second Schedule** (§24): its records are outside the Act except where the information pertains to **allegations of corruption or human-rights violations** — and even then subject to the Government's concurrence (see our [[:act:section-24|Section 24]] page with the full Schedule). On top of that sits §8(1)(j) for personal information.
 +
 +===== How to frame a request that survives =====
 +
 +  * **Ask about the process, not the person**: file movement, closure-report status, action-taken on a complaint — records about the machinery, not a third party's private life.
 +  * **Corruption/human-rights gateway:** if your request concerns alleged corruption, plead that nexus expressly — it is the §24 proviso's doorway.
 +  * **Your own information:** material about the applicant stands differently — identity yourself and the connection.
 +  * **Public interest:** §8(1)(j) yields to larger public interest on facts, not adjectives — quantify why disclosure matters.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Information sought is personal — exempt under §8(1)(j); appeal dismissed.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
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 +cbi
 +
 +===== 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-rajendra-singh-parihar-v-cbi-2022-914068|Rajendra Singh Parihar v. Cbi — CIC 2022]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-cbi-exempt-organization|CBI exemption under §24 — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2013)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-cbi-investigation-closure-2020|CBI closure reports — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/bombay-hc-rti-section-24-proviso-2018|§24 proviso — corruption complaint — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-ed-search-seizure-2024|ED search-and-seizure records — Supreme Court 2024]] (SC 2024)
 +
 +===== 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]]
 +  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/32054054/|External reported text →]]
 +  * [[/book|The RTI Playbook book]]
 +
 +===== FAQs =====
 +==== Is every CBI record exempt? ====
 +Not in theory: the §24 proviso opens corruption and human-rights material, subject to Central Government concurrence. In practice, expect the Schedule defence first and the exemption analysis second.
 +==== Can I get information about myself from a CBI file? ====
 +Your own personal records stand on a different footing — expect the balancing to engage §8(1)(j) but with you as the subject, and the investigation exemption §8(1)(h) while a probe is live.
 +==== What does a dismissal here cost me? ====
 +Nothing but the attempt — CIC second appeals are free. If the point matters, the Article 226 route after the Commission remains.
 +==== Where do I read the order? ====
 +The external link below carries the Commission's record for the file number.
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 +<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.
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 +//Editorial summary · expanded 27 August 2026; junk description rebuilt; §24 layers and framing guidance added from the corpus ratio only.//
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 +{{tag>case-law court-cic section-8}}