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Inspection charges — Delhi HC — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026

Inspection under §2[j] is free for the first hour; subsequent hours attract the statutory fee. First hour of inspection free; subsequent hours charged per RTI.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Inspection charges — Delhi HC,High Court of Delhi RTI,RTI §2,RTI §7,inspection,§2(j),fees,Delhi HC)&metatag-description=(Inspection under §2[j] is free for the first hour; subsequent hours attract the statutory fee. First hour of inspection free; subsequent hours charged per RTI.)}}
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 +====== Inspection charges — Delhi HC — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026 ======
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Delhi** · 2014-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//First hour of inspection free; subsequent hours charged per RTI Rules; inspection cannot be refused for non-payment of first-hour fee.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Delhi |
 +^ Decided | 2014-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | PIO |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(j) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Inspection under §2(j) is free for the first hour; subsequent hours attract the statutory fee.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Per Central RTI Rules, 2012 (and most State rules), inspection of records under §2(j) is free for the first hour. Subsequent hours attract a fee (Rs 5 per 15 min under Central Rules). A PIO cannot refuse inspection citing advance-payment demands for the first hour.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +inspection, §2(j), fees, Delhi HC
 +
 +===== 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/raj-narain-inspection-of-records-cic|Inspection of records under RTI — CIC guidance]] (CIC 2013)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-inspection-records-medical-2018|Hospital inspection reports — CIC]] (CIC 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-dinner-break-workdays-pio-2019|Timing of PIO availability — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/reserve-bank-of-india-v-jayantilal-mistry-cic|Reserve Bank of India — PIO's information denial (CIC)]] (CIC 2011)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-sebi-disclosure-2018|SEBI inspection records — CIC]] (CIC 2018)
 +
 +===== 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]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=7|All RTI cases turning on §7]]
 +  * [[: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 section-7}}