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BMTC tender records — Karnataka HC

BMTC is a public authority; post-award tender summary disclosable; losing bidders' cost-sheets §8[1][d]. BMTC = §2(h); post-award tender summary OK; losing-bidder.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(BMTC tender records — Karnataka HC,High Court of Karnataka RTI,RTI §2,RTI §8,BMTC,Karnataka HC,tender,§8(1)(d))&metatag-description=(BMTC is a public authority; post-award tender summary disclosable; losing bidders' cost-sheets §8[1][d]. BMTC = §2(h); post-award tender summary OK; losing-bidder.)}}
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 +====== BMTC tender records — Karnataka HC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Karnataka** · 2020-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
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 +
 +**BMTC is a public authority; post-award tender summary disclosable; losing bidders' cost-sheets §8[1][d]. BMTC = §2(h); post-award tender summary OK; losing-bidder.**
 +
 +//BMTC = §2(h); post-award tender summary OK; losing-bidder commercials §8(1)(d).//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Karnataka |
 +^ Decided | 2020-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Unsuccessful bidder |
 +^ Respondent | BMTC |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h), §8(1)(d) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +BMTC is a public authority; post-award tender summary disclosable; losing bidders' cost-sheets §8(1)(d).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is a Karnataka government undertaking and public authority under §2(h). Post-award tender award value, successful bidder name, and contract terms are disclosable. Losing bidders' cost-sheets and proprietary methodologies are §8(1)(d) protected.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +BMTC, Karnataka HC, tender, §8(1)(d)
 +
 +===== 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-railway-tender-commercial-2022|Railway tender awards — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/karnataka-hc-rti-tender-records-2016|Tender records post-award — Karnataka HC]] (HC-KAR 2016)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-commercial-confidence-psu-2020|PSU commercial terms — §8(1)(d) — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-tripura-rti-civil-works-2022|Civil works contract records — Tripura HC]] (HC-TR 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-third-party-fee-bearing-2019|§11 third-party cost-bearing — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-KAR|All High Court of Karnataka rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=2|All RTI cases turning on §2]]
 +  * [[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-kar section-2 section-8}}