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ED search-and-seizure records — Supreme Court 2024

ED is §24-exempt but the corruption proviso applies; statistical and aggregated search/seizure data is disclosable. §24 shields operational intelligence; it does.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(ED search-and-seizure records — Supreme Court 2024,Supreme Court of India RTI,RTI §8,RTI §24,section 24,ED,exempt organisation,corruption proviso,aggregate data)&metatag-description=(ED is §24-exempt but the corruption proviso applies; statistical and aggregated search/seizure data is disclosable. §24 shields operational intelligence; it does.)}}
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 +====== ED search-and-seizure records — Supreme Court 2024 ======
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 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2024-08-22 · (2024) 9 SCC 201
 +</WRAP>
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 +**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 | S, u, r, y, a,  , K, a, n, t, ,,  , U, j, j, a, l,  , B, h, u, y, a, n,  , J, J |
 +^ 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 =====
 +
 +//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/bombay-hc-rti-section-24-proviso-2018|§24 proviso — corruption complaint — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-cbi-exempt-organization|CBI exemption under §24 — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2013)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-delhi-rti-police-public-relation-2021|Police public-relation / RTI-application data — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-cbi-investigation-closure-2020|CBI closure reports — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-mass-surveillance-transparency-2022|Mass-surveillance policy transparency — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2022)
 +
 +===== Related =====
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 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=24|All RTI cases turning on §24]]
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 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/placeholder-sc-ed-2024/|External reported text →]]
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 +<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.
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 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
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 +{{tag>case-law court-sc section-8 section-24}}