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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(DPDP 2025 effect on §8(1)(j) — Delhi HC guidance,High Court of Delhi RTI,RTI §8,DPDP 2025,§8(1)(j),§8(2),Delhi HC,personal information)&metatag-description=(Post-14-November-2025, §8[1][j] protects all personal information; public-interest override flows through §8[2]. Post-DPDP 2025: §8(1)(j) exempts personal info.)}}
+====== DPDP 2025 effect on §8(1)(j) — Delhi HC guidance ======
+<WRAP center round info 95%>
+**High Court of Delhi** · 2025-12-01 · Citation awaited · **★ Landmark**
+</WRAP>
+**Post-14-November-2025, §8[1][j] protects all personal information; public-interest override flows through §8[2]. Post-DPDP 2025: §8(1)(j) exempts personal info.**
+//Post-DPDP 2025: §8(1)(j) exempts personal info absolutely; override by §8(2), not the old proviso.//
+===== Case details =====
+^ Court | High Court of Delhi |
+^ Decided | 2025-12-01 |
+^ Citation | Citation awaited |
+^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
+^ Respondent | Public authority |
+^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(j), §8(2) |
+^ Outcome | Rejected |
+===== Outcome =====
+Post-14-November-2025, §8(1)(j) protects all personal information; public-interest override flows through §8(2).
+===== Ratio decidendi =====
+Following the DPDP Rules, 2025 amendment to §8(1)(j), personal information of any person is exempt from disclosure. The public-interest override moves out of the old §8(1)(j) proviso and into §8(2) as a balancing provision.
+===== Keywords =====
+DPDP 2025, §8(1)(j), §8(2), Delhi HC, personal information
+===== This case cites =====
+  * [[/important-decisions/k-s-puttaswamy-vs-union-of-india|K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India]] (SC 2017)
+  * [[/important-decisions/court/girish-ramchandra-deshpande|Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v. CIC]] (SC 2012)
+  * [[/important-decisions/court/cpio-supreme-court-v-subhash-agarwal|CPIO, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal]] (SC 2019)
+===== 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/delhi-hc-rti-tax-returns-2020|Tax returns of public servants — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2020)
+  * [[/important-decisions/court/girish-ramchandra-deshpande|Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v. CIC]] (SC 2012)
+  * [[/cases/cic-rti-vaccination-records-2022|Vaccination and Co-WIN data — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
+  * [[/cases/hc-delhi-rti-police-public-relation-2021|Police public-relation / RTI-application data — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2021)
+  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-cbi-exempt-organization|CBI exemption under §24 — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2013)
+===== Related =====
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-DEL|All High Court of Delhi rulings in the corpus]]
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
+  * [[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]]
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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.
+</WRAP>
+//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
+{{tag>case-law court-hc-del section-8 landmark}}