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DGCA pilot licence investigations — Delhi HC 2024

Pilot-licence investigation files while under inquiry are §8[1][h]; §11 notice to affected pilot is mandatory before any sharing.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(DGCA pilot licence investigations — Delhi HC 2024,Delhi High Court RTI,RTI §8,RTI §11,DGCA,pilot licence,section 8(1)(h),section 11,aviation safety)&metatag-description=(Pilot-licence investigation files while under inquiry are §8[1][h]; §11 notice to affected pilot is mandatory before any sharing.)}}
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 +====== DGCA pilot licence investigations — Delhi HC 2024 ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Delhi High Court** · 2024-09-03 · 2024 SCC OnLine Del 5987
 +</WRAP>
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 +**Pilot-licence investigation files while under inquiry are §8[1][h]; §11 notice to affected pilot is mandatory before any sharing.**
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 +//Aviation safety investigations are §8(1)(h) during pendency, but §11 process is non-negotiable.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Delhi High Court |
 +^ Decided | 2024-09-03 |
 +^ Citation | 2024 SCC OnLine Del 5987 |
 +^ Bench | P, r, a, t, h, i, b, a,  , M, .,  , S, i, n, g, h,  , J |
 +^ Petitioner | Capt. S. Arora |
 +^ Respondent | DGCA |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(g), §8(1)(h), §11(1) |
 +^ Outcome | Rejected |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Pilot-licence investigation files while under inquiry are §8(1)(h); §11 notice to affected pilot is mandatory before any sharing.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Accident and incident investigations under the Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules, 2017 attract §8(1)(h) during the inquiry. The DGCA must still serve §11 notice to the pilot before any third-party sharing, including to the airline employer. Findings post-inquiry are disclosable barring witness-identity redaction.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
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 +DGCA, pilot licence, section 8(1)(h), section 11, aviation safety
 +
 +===== 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-rti-dgca-aircraft-investigation-2023|DGCA aircraft-incident investigation — CIC]] (CIC 2023)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-witness-protection-2021|Witness identity protection — §8(1)(g) — CIC]] (CIC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-question-paper-leak-investigations-2021|Question-paper-leak investigation records]] (SC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-driver-license-records-2017|Driving-licence / vehicle registration records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2017)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-kerala-rti-lokayukta-2024|Lokayukta inquiry report RTI — Kerala HC 2024]] (HC-KER 2024)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-DEL|All Delhi High Court rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=11|All RTI cases turning on §11]]
 +  * [[: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]]
 +  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/placeholder-hc-del-dgca-2024/|External reported text →]]
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 +<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 section-11}}