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Driving-licence / vehicle registration records — Delhi HC

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Driving-licence / vehicle registration records — Delhi HC,High Court of Delhi RTI,RTI §8,driving licence,RTO,Delhi HC,§8(1)(j),parivahan)&metatag-description=(Third-party driving licence and vehicle registration address details protected under §8[1][j] — alternative parivahan.gov.in channel available.)}}
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 +====== Driving-licence / vehicle registration records — Delhi HC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Delhi** · 2017-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
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 +**Third-party driving licence and vehicle registration address details protected under §8[1][j] — alternative parivahan.gov.in channel available.**
 +
 +//Third-party DL & vehicle-RC data is §8(1)(j) protected; parivahan.gov.in is the proper channel.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Delhi |
 +^ Decided | 2017-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | RTO / Transport dept |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(j) |
 +^ Outcome | Rejected |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Third-party driving licence and vehicle registration address details protected under §8(1)(j) — alternative parivahan.gov.in channel available.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Driving licence holder's address, date of birth, and vehicle-registration owner details are personal information under §8(1)(j). Legitimate-interest access is available through the parivahan.gov.in portal subject to due process; RTI is not the appropriate route.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +driving licence, RTO, Delhi HC, §8(1)(j), parivahan
 +
 +===== 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-rti-online-vs-state-portal-2022|rtionline.gov.in vs State portal — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-tax-returns-2020|Tax returns of public servants — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-gstn-data-2020|GSTN / GSTIN data — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2020)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/right-to-information-applications-for-gujarat-high-court-pleadings-cannot-be-filed-by-a-third-party|Gujarat HC pleadings — third-party RTI not maintainable]] (HC-GUJ 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-electoral-roll-rti-2016|Electoral roll copies — CIC]] (CIC 2016)
 +
 +===== 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]]
 +  * [[: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-8}}