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Whistleblower complaint anonymity — Delhi HC

Whistleblower identity protected under §8[1][g] + Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014. Whistleblower identity absolutely protected under §8(1)(g) + Whistleblowers.

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 +====== Whistleblower complaint anonymity — Delhi HC ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Delhi** · 2019-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
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 +**Whistleblower identity protected under §8[1][g] + Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014. Whistleblower identity absolutely protected under §8(1)(g) + Whistleblowers.**
 +
 +//Whistleblower identity absolutely protected under §8(1)(g) + Whistleblowers Protection Act 2014.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Delhi |
 +^ Decided | 2019-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Subject-of-complaint / RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | CVC / Disciplinary authority |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(g) |
 +^ Outcome | Rejected |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Whistleblower identity protected under §8(1)(g) + Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +The identity of a whistleblower who has invoked the Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014 is absolutely protected. The subject of the complaint cannot obtain the complainant's identity via RTI. §8(1)(g) — endangerment of life/safety — is reinforced by the statutory scheme.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +whistleblower, §8(1)(g), Delhi HC, WPA 2014
 +
 +===== 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/sc-rti-whistleblower-protection-2014|RTI whistleblower protection — §8(1)(g)]] (SC 2014)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-witness-protection-2021|Witness identity protection — §8(1)(g) — CIC]] (CIC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/sic-karnataka-police-records-2021|Police complaint records — Karnataka SIC]] (SIC-KA 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/chief-information-commissioner-v-state-of-manipur-2011-sc|Chief Information Commissioner v. State of Manipur]] (SC 2011)
 +  * [[/cases/bihar-psc-v-state-of-bihar-2012-sc|Bihar PSC — interview marks disclosability]] (SC 2012)
 +
 +===== 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>
 +
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 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
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 +{{tag>case-law court-hc-del section-8}}