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Electoral rolls disclosable in book form; machine-readable format denied on privacy-scale grounds. //Electoral rolls: book/PDF disclosure OK; machine-readable bulk.

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 +====== Machine-readable electoral rolls — SC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2023-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Electoral rolls: book/PDF disclosure OK; machine-readable bulk format restricted due to aggregation risk.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 2023-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant / civic-tech organisation |
 +^ Respondent | Election Commission |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §4(1)(b) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Electoral rolls disclosable in book form; machine-readable format denied on privacy-scale grounds.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Electoral rolls are public records and disclosable in the polling-booth-wise book form / PDF. Bulk machine-readable formats (CSV / database dumps) are restricted due to the aggregation/profiling risks — a proportionality concern rooted in Puttaswamy.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +electoral rolls, machine readable, privacy, aggregation
 +
 +===== 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/cic-electoral-roll-rti-2016|Electoral roll copies — CIC]] (CIC 2016)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/electoral-bonds-adr-2024|ADR v. Union of India (Electoral Bonds)]] (SC 2024)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-electoral-funding-2023|Post-ADR Electoral Bonds — RTI sequel]] (CIC 2024)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-kerala-rti-mgnregs-beneficiary-2020|MGNREGS beneficiary lists — Kerala HC]] (HC-KER 2020)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/k-s-puttaswamy-vs-union-of-india|K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India]] (SC 2017)
 +
 +===== Related =====
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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.
 +</WRAP>
 +
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 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-sc section-4 section-8}}