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Bar Council of India is a statutory body and §2[h] public authority; enrolment data and disciplinary records disclosable.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Bar Council of India under RTI — Delhi HC,High Court of Delhi RTI,RTI §2,Bar Council,§2(h),Delhi HC,Advocates Act)&metatag-description=(Bar Council of India is a statutory body and §2[h] public authority; enrolment data and disciplinary records disclosable.)}}
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 +====== Bar Council of India under RTI — Delhi HC ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Delhi** · 2018-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
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 +**Bar Council of India is a statutory body and §2[h] public authority; enrolment data and disciplinary records disclosable.**
 +
 +//Bar Council of India is §2(h) public authority; enrolment + disciplinary outcomes disclosable.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Delhi |
 +^ Decided | 2018-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Advocate / RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Bar Council of India |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Bar Council of India is a statutory body and §2(h) public authority; enrolment data and disciplinary records disclosable.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +The Bar Council of India, constituted under the Advocates Act, 1961, is a statutory body exercising regulatory functions over the legal profession. It is a 'public authority' under §2(h). Enrolment rolls, disciplinary proceedings outcomes, and council meetings are disclosable subject to narrow §8 carve-outs.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +Bar Council, §2(h), Delhi HC, Advocates Act
 +
 +===== 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/bombay-hc-rti-medical-council-2018|RTI coverage of Medical Council — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-gst-council-public-authority-2019|GST Council — public authority status (CIC)]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-medical-college-seat-2019|Medical college admissions — SC]] (SC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-departmental-proceedings-rti-2019|Departmental proceedings records — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-lok-pal-public-authority-2024|Lok Pal under RTI — SC]] (SC 2024)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-DEL|All High Court of Delhi rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=2|All RTI cases turning on §2]]
 +  * [[: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-hc-del section-2}}