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Cooperative bank fraud investigations: pending-phase §8[1][h] protected; closure reports and aggregate data disclosable.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Cooperative bank fraud investigation — Bombay HC,High Court of Bombay RTI,RTI §8,RTI §2,cooperative bank,fraud,Bombay HC,§8(1)(h),Jayantilal Mistry)&metatag-description=(Cooperative bank fraud investigations: pending-phase §8[1][h] protected; closure reports and aggregate data disclosable.)}}
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 +====== Cooperative bank fraud investigation — Bombay HC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Bombay** · 2022-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Cooperative bank fraud investigation: pending-phase §8(1)(h); closed-investigation reports disclosable to depositors.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Bombay |
 +^ Decided | 2022-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Depositor / RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Registrar of Cooperatives / RBI |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(h), §2(h) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Cooperative bank fraud investigations: pending-phase §8(1)(h) protected; closure reports and aggregate data disclosable.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Applying //Jayantilal Mistry//, cooperative bank inspection reports filed with the Registrar / RBI are regulatory records. Active fraud / inspection investigations are protected under §8(1)(h) for the pending phase. Once the investigation closes, the closure report and key findings are disclosable — particularly to depositors whose funds are affected.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +cooperative bank, fraud, Bombay HC, §8(1)(h), Jayantilal Mistry
 +
 +===== 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/kerala-hc-cooperative-banks-rti-2017|Cooperative banks under RTI — Kerala HC]] (HC-KER 2017)
 +  * [[/cases/reserve-bank-of-india-v-jayantilal-mistry-cic|Reserve Bank of India — PIO's information denial (CIC)]] (CIC 2011)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-question-paper-leak-investigations-2021|Question-paper-leak investigation records]] (SC 2021)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/rbi-vs-jayantilal-mistry|Reserve Bank of India v. Jayantilal N. Mistry]] (SC 2015)
 +  * [[/cases/sic-rajasthan-rti-ration-irregularity-2021|PDS leakage investigation — Rajasthan SIC]] (SIC-RJ 2021)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
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 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=2|All RTI cases turning on §2]]
 +  * [[: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-bom section-8 section-2}}