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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Reserve Bank of India — PIO's information denial (CIC),Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §8,RBI,CIC,inspection reports,§8(1)(e),fiduciary)&metatag-description=(RBI directed to disclose inspection reports of banks — foundation for the later SC ruling in Jayantilal Mistry. CIC foundation-ruling: RBI inspection reports.)}}
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 +====== Reserve Bank of India — PIO's information denial (CIC) ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2011 (series of orders) · affirmed by SC, (2016) 3 SCC 525
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//CIC foundation-ruling: RBI inspection reports disclosable; fiduciary claim rejected (later affirmed by SC 2015).//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2011 (series of CIC orders) |
 +^ Citation | Affirmed: Reserve Bank of India v. Jayantilal N. Mistry, (2016) 3 SCC 525, Transferred Case (Civil) No. 91 of 2015, decided 16-12-2015 |
 +^ Petitioner | various RTI applicants |
 +^ Respondent | RBI |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(e) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +RBI directed to disclose inspection reports of banks — foundation for the later SC ruling in Jayantilal Mistry.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Inspection reports and regulatory findings by RBI concerning commercial banks are held in a regulatory capacity, not a [[:explanations:fiduciary-relationship|fiduciary]] one. [[:act:section-8|§8(1)(e)]] cannot be invoked to refuse them. Later affirmed by the Supreme Court in RBI v. Jayantilal Mistry (2015).
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +RBI, CIC, inspection reports, §8(1)(e), fiduciary
 +
 +===== 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.//
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/rbi-vs-jayantilal-mistry|Reserve Bank of India v. Jayantilal N. Mistry]] (SC 2015)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-inspection-records-medical-2018|Hospital inspection reports — CIC]] (CIC 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/raj-narain-inspection-of-records-cic|Inspection of records under RTI — CIC guidance]] (CIC 2013)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-bombay-rti-cooperative-bank-fraud-2022|Cooperative bank fraud investigation — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-sebi-disclosure-2018|SEBI inspection records — CIC]] (CIC 2018)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=CIC|All Central Information Commission 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]]
 +
 +<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-cic section-8}}