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Mass-surveillance policy transparency — Delhi HC

Intelligence/surveillance agency operational records protected via §24 notification + §8[1][a]. IB, R&AW, NTRO operational surveillance records: §24 + §8(1)(a).

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Mass-surveillance policy transparency — Delhi HC,High Court of Delhi RTI,RTI §8,RTI §24,surveillance,IB,R&AW,§24,§8(1)(a))&metatag-description=(Intelligence/surveillance agency operational records protected via §24 notification + §8[1][a]. IB, R&AW, NTRO operational surveillance records: §24 + §8(1)(a).)}}
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 +====== Mass-surveillance policy transparency — Delhi HC ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Delhi** · 2022-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
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 +**Intelligence/surveillance agency operational records protected via §24 notification + §8[1][a]. IB, R&AW, NTRO operational surveillance records: §24 + §8(1)(a).**
 +
 +//IB, R&AW, NTRO operational surveillance records: §24 + §8(1)(a) exempt — not accessible via RTI.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Delhi |
 +^ Decided | 2022-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Civil-rights organisation |
 +^ Respondent | MHA / Intelligence agencies |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(a), §24 |
 +^ Outcome | Rejected |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Intelligence/surveillance agency operational records protected via §24 notification + §8(1)(a).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Intelligence Bureau, R&AW, NTRO and similar notified agencies are §24 exempt organisations. Their operational surveillance practices, target lists, and tradecraft are protected. Only allegations of corruption or human-rights violations qualify for the §24 proviso — and even then via a controlled approval path.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +surveillance, IB, R&AW, §24, §8(1)(a)
 +
 +===== 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/hc-delhi-rti-police-public-relation-2021|Police public-relation / RTI-application data — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/bombay-hc-rti-section-24-proviso-2018|§24 proviso — corruption complaint — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-cbi-exempt-organization|CBI exemption under §24 — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2013)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-cbi-investigation-closure-2020|CBI closure reports — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-armed-forces-2017|Armed-forces service records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2017)
 +
 +===== 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}}