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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Lokayukta inquiry report RTI — Kerala HC 2024,High Court of Kerala RTI,RTI §8,Kerala Lokayukta,section 8(1)(h),concluded inquiry,anti-corruption,post-decisional)&metatag-description=(Concluded Lokayukta inquiry reports are disclosable; pending matters remain §8[1][h]. Concluded anti-corruption findings are public; live inquiries are protected.)&metatag-robots=(noindex,follow)}}
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 +====== Lokayukta inquiry report RTI — Kerala HC 2024 ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Kerala** · 2024-06-05 · 2024 SCC OnLine Ker 2890
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
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 +**Concluded Lokayukta inquiry reports are disclosable; pending matters remain §8[1][h]. Concluded anti-corruption findings are public; live inquiries are protected.**
 +
 +//Concluded anti-corruption findings are public; live inquiries are protected.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Kerala |
 +^ Decided | 2024-06-05 |
 +^ Citation | 2024 SCC OnLine Ker 2890 |
 +^ Bench | D, e, v, a, n,  , R, a, m, a, c, h, a, n, d, r, a, n,  , J |
 +^ Petitioner | Anti-Corruption Forum |
 +^ Respondent | Kerala Lokayukta |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(h), §8(1)(j) |
 +^ Outcome | partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Concluded Lokayukta inquiry reports are disclosable; pending matters remain §8(1)(h).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Lokayukta inquiry reports under the Kerala Lok Ayukta Act, 1999, once concluded and submitted to the Government, become public records. §8(1)(h) protection ends with conclusion of the inquiry. Names of complainants and witnesses attract §8(1)(g) and may be severed.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +Kerala Lokayukta, section 8(1)(h), concluded inquiry, anti-corruption, post-decisional
 +
 +===== 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/sc-rti-lok-pal-public-authority-2024|Lok Pal under RTI — SC]] (SC 2024)
 +  * [[/cases/sic-rajasthan-rti-ration-irregularity-2021|PDS leakage investigation — Rajasthan SIC]] (SIC-RJ 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-kerala-rti-beverage-corporation-2022|Kerala Beverage Corp records — Kerala HC]] (HC-KER 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-question-paper-leak-investigations-2021|Question-paper-leak investigation records]] (SC 2021)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-KER|All High Court of Kerala 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]]
 +  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/placeholder-hc-ker-lokayukta-2024/|External reported text →]]
 +
 +<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.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-hc-ker section-8}}