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RTI cannot seek hypothetical / future information — Delhi HC

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(RTI cannot seek hypothetical / future information — Delhi HC,High Court of Delhi RTI,RTI §2,RTI §6,§2(f),hypothetical,future information,recorded information,Delhi HC)&metatag-description=(RTI can seek only recorded information; hypothetical or future-fact questions are outside §2[f]. //RTI seeks recorded information; hypothetical questions / future.)}}
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 +====== RTI cannot seek hypothetical / future information — Delhi HC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Delhi** · 2016-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//RTI seeks recorded information; hypothetical questions / future projections are not 'information'.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Delhi |
 +^ Decided | 2016-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | PIO |
 +^ Respondent | RTI applicant |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(f) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +RTI can seek only recorded information; hypothetical or future-fact questions are outside §2(f).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +The RTI Act, through §2(f), covers recorded information held by the public authority. Questions that seek opinions, hypothetical scenarios, or future-fact projections (e.g., 'what will be the policy next year?') fall outside the definition.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +§2(f), hypothetical, future information, recorded information, 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/khanapuram-gandaiah-2010-sc|Khanapuram Gandaiah v. Administrative Officer]] (SC 2010)
 +  * [[/cases/suo-motu-disclosure-rejection-of-rti-cic|Repeat-information rejection — CIC guidance line]] (CIC 2012)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/girish-ramchandra-deshpande|Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v. CIC]] (SC 2012)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-dpdp-interface-2025|DPDP 2025 effect on §8(1)(j) — Delhi HC guidance]] (HC-DEL 2025)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-partial-information-earlier-2020|Partial information provided — fresh RTI for balance — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +
 +===== 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=6|All RTI cases turning on §6]]
 +  * [[: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-6}}