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Active vigilance investigation against a named officer protected under §8[1][h] until proceedings conclude. Active vigilance records protected under §8(1)(h);.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Vigilance investigation records — Delhi HC,High Court of Delhi RTI,RTI §8,vigilance,Delhi HC,§8(1)(h),disciplinary,investigation)&metatag-description=(Active vigilance investigation against a named officer protected under §8[1][h] until proceedings conclude. Active vigilance records protected under §8(1)(h);.)}}
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 +====== Vigilance investigation records — Delhi HC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Delhi** · 2015-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Active vigilance records protected under §8(1)(h); post-proceedings, closure reports disclosable to concerned officer.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Delhi |
 +^ Decided | 2015-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Public servant / RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Vigilance dept |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(h), §8(1)(j) |
 +^ Outcome | Rejected |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Active vigilance investigation against a named officer protected under §8(1)(h) until proceedings conclude.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Information relating to active departmental vigilance or disciplinary inquiries is protected under §8(1)(h) until the proceedings conclude. Once concluded, the closure report and outcome are disclosable to the officer concerned; third-party access remains subject to §8(1)(j) balancing.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +vigilance, Delhi HC, §8(1)(h), disciplinary, investigation
 +
 +===== This case cites =====
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/bhagat-singh-vs-cic|Bhagat Singh v. CIC]] (HC-DEL 2007)
 +
 +===== 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-departmental-proceedings-rti-2019|Departmental proceedings records — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/sic-rajasthan-rti-ration-irregularity-2021|PDS leakage investigation — Rajasthan SIC]] (SIC-RJ 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-cvc-vigilance-circulars-2020|CVC / vigilance circulars — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-question-paper-leak-investigations-2021|Question-paper-leak investigation records]] (SC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/kerala-hc-rti-service-book-personal-2021|Service book disclosure to public servant — Kerala HC]] (HC-KER 2021)
 +
 +===== 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}}