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Thomas Mathew v. Department Of Defence — CIC 2023

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 +====== Thomas Mathew v. Department Of Defence — CIC 2023 ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2023-09-12 · CIC File No. IK/72695203
 +</WRAP>
 +
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 +**Considered an RTI to the Ministry of Defence on policy, contract or personnel records. Considered an RTI to the Ministry of Defence on policy, contract or.**
 +
 +//Considered an RTI to the Ministry of Defence on policy, contract or personnel records.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2023-09-12 |
 +^ Citation | CIC File No. IK/72695203 |
 +^ Bench | C, I, C,  , S, i, n, g, l, e,  , B, e, n, c, h |
 +^ Petitioner | Thomas Mathew |
 +^ Respondent | Department Of Defence |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(a) |
 +^ Outcome | partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Considered an RTI to the Ministry of Defence on policy, contract or personnel records.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Defence policy files follow //R.K. Jain// post-decision rule; strategic operational records remain §8(1)(a).
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +department, of, defence
 +
 +===== 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-rajeev-shrivastava-v-directorate-general-defence-es-2021-144795|Rajeev Shrivastava v. Directorate General Defence Estates ... — CIC 2021]] (CIC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-defence-pensions-ceremonial-2020|Defence pension sanction records — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-anil-yadav-v-department-of-personnel-amp-tr-2021-383540|Anil Yadav v. Department Of Personnel &amp; Training — CIC 2021]] (CIC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-tinoo-joshi-v-department-of-personnel-amp-tr-2021-770386|Tinoo Joshi v. Department Of Personnel &amp; Training — CIC 2021]] (CIC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-shri-v-konda-naik-vs-ministry-of-home-2023-158365|Shri v. Konda Naik vs Ministry Of Home Affairs — CIC 2023]] (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]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=24|All RTI cases turning on §24]]
 +  * [[: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/72695203/|External reported text →]]
 +
 +<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 section-24}}