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Statutory appellate tribunals [NCLAT, ITAT, CESTAT, NGT] are §2[h] public authorities; pending-case files not disclosable.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Appellate Tribunal records — SC,Supreme Court of India RTI,RTI §2,RTI §8,NCLAT,ITAT,CESTAT,NGT,§2(h))&metatag-description=(Statutory appellate tribunals [NCLAT, ITAT, CESTAT, NGT] are §2[h] public authorities; pending-case files not disclosable.)}}
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 +====== Appellate Tribunal records — SC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2022-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Tribunals (NCLAT, ITAT, CESTAT, NGT) = §2(h); pending-case files use certified-copy procedure, not RTI.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 2022-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Litigant / researcher |
 +^ Respondent | Appellate Tribunal |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h), §8(1)(e) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Statutory appellate tribunals (NCLAT, ITAT, CESTAT, NGT) are §2(h) public authorities; pending-case files not disclosable.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Statutory appellate tribunals — NCLAT, ITAT, CESTAT, NGT — are public authorities under §2(h). Administrative records, annual reports, and final orders are disclosable. Pending-case files are accessible through the Tribunal's certified-copies procedure (tribunal rules), not RTI — consistent with §8(1)(b) court-order analog.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +NCLAT, ITAT, CESTAT, NGT, §2(h)
 +
 +===== 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/hc-rajasthan-rti-ngt-compliance-2021|NGT order compliance records — Rajasthan HC]] (HC-RAJ 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-pending-supreme-court-decisions-2022|Records of pending SC cases — not disclosable via RTI]] (SC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-high-court-registry-2022|High Court Registry records — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-lok-pal-public-authority-2024|Lok Pal under RTI — SC]] (SC 2024)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-court-ordered-non-disclosure-2018|Court-directed non-disclosure — §8(1)(b) — CIC]] (CIC 2018)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=SC|All Supreme Court of India 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>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-sc section-2 section-8}}