ED search-and-seizure records — Supreme Court 2024
Quick Reply: ED is §24-exempt but the corruption proviso applies; statistical and aggregated search/seizure data is disclosable. §24 shields operational intelligence; it does.
Supreme Court of India · 2024-08-22 · (2024) 9 SCC 201
ED is §24-exempt but the corruption proviso applies; statistical and aggregated search/seizure data is disclosable. §24 shields operational intelligence; it does.
§24 shields operational intelligence; it does not shield aggregate transparency.
Case details
| Court | Supreme Court of India |
|---|---|
| Decided | 2024-08-22 |
| Citation | (2024) 9 SCC 201 |
| Bench | Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan JJ |
| Petitioner | Directorate of Enforcement |
| Respondent | CIC |
| RTI Act sections | §8(1)(h), §24(1) |
| Outcome | Rejected |
Outcome
ED is §24-exempt but the corruption proviso applies; statistical and aggregated search/seizure data is disclosable.
Ratio decidendi
The Enforcement Directorate is listed in the Second Schedule under §24. However, the proviso to §24(1) — corruption or human-rights allegations — applies. Aggregated data such as the number of searches conducted, cases registered, and attachment orders issued does not reveal investigation-sensitive information and must be disclosed.
Keywords
section 24, ED, exempt organisation, corruption proviso, aggregate data
Similar cases in the corpus
- §24 proviso — corruption complaint — Bombay HC (HC-BOM 2018)
- CBI exemption under §24 — Delhi HC (HC-DEL 2013)
- Police public-relation / RTI-application data — Delhi HC (HC-DEL 2021)
- CBI closure reports — CIC (CIC 2020)
- Mass-surveillance policy transparency — Delhi HC (HC-DEL 2022)
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