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Cooperative banks not automatically public authorities post-Thalappalam; substantial financing must be shown case-by-case.

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 +====== Cooperative banks under RTI — Kerala HC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Kerala** · 2017-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Post-Thalappalam, cooperative banks are public authorities only if substantial State financing is proven.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Kerala |
 +^ Decided | 2017-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Cooperative bank |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Cooperative banks not automatically public authorities post-Thalappalam; substantial financing must be shown case-by-case.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Following Thalappalam (SC 2013), cooperative banks — even those under State cooperative societies acts — are not automatically 'public authorities'. A factual determination of substantial State financing or control is required in each case.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +cooperative banks, Kerala HC, §2(h), Thalappalam
 +
 +===== This case cites =====
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/thalappalam-coop-vs-state-of-kerala|Thalappalam Service Coop Bank v. State of Kerala]] (SC 2013)
 +
 +===== 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/karnataka-hc-rti-2019-cooperative|Cooperative societies — Karnataka HC]] (HC-KAR 2019)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/thalappalam-coop-vs-state-of-kerala|Thalappalam Service Coop Bank v. State of Kerala]] (SC 2013)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-charitable-trust-public-authority-2017|Charitable trusts receiving State grants — CIC]] (CIC 2017)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-bombay-rti-cooperative-bank-fraud-2022|Cooperative bank fraud investigation — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-iota-v-harinder-dhingra-2013|Indian Olympic Association v. Harinder Dhingra]] (CIC 2013)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-KER|All High Court of Kerala rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[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-ker section-2}}