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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Armed-forces service records — Delhi HC,High Court of Delhi RTI,RTI §8,RTI §24,armed forces,§8(1)(a),§24,Delhi HC,military)&metatag-description=(Armed forces: operational records §8[1][a] + §24 exempt; personnel/pension records of own service accessible. Armed-forces operational records §8(1)(a) + §24.)}}
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 +====== Armed-forces service records — Delhi HC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Delhi** · 2017-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
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 +**Armed forces: operational records §8[1][a] + §24 exempt; personnel/pension records of own service accessible. Armed-forces operational records §8(1)(a) + §24.**
 +
 +//Armed-forces operational records §8(1)(a) + §24 exempt; own personnel + pension records accessible.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Delhi |
 +^ Decided | 2017-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Serving / retired officer |
 +^ Respondent | Ministry of Defence / Service HQ |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(a), §24 |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Armed forces: operational records §8(1)(a) + §24 exempt; personnel/pension records of own service accessible.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Armed-forces operational records — deployment, unit movement, weapons inventory — are protected under §8(1)(a) and via §24 exempt-organisation notification. Personnel records of own service (promotion board outcomes, pension orders, gratuity calculations) remain accessible to the concerned officer.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +armed forces, §8(1)(a), §24, Delhi HC, military
 +
 +===== 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-defence-pensions-ceremonial-2020|Defence pension sanction records — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-ib-exempt-scope-2018|IB and §24 scope — SC]] (SC 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-mass-surveillance-transparency-2022|Mass-surveillance policy transparency — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/kerala-hc-rti-pension-records-2018|Pension records — Kerala HC]] (HC-KER 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-personal-service-record-own-2015|Public servant's own service record — SC]] (SC 2015)
 +
 +===== 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?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]]
 +
 +<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>
 +
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 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-hc-del section-8 section-24}}