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IB and §24 scope — SC
Supreme Court of India · 2018-01-01 · Citation awaited
IB §24 exemption is organisational; an IB officer's own personnel record remains accessible to him.
Case details
| Court | Supreme Court of India |
|---|---|
| Decided | 2018-01-01 |
| Citation | Citation awaited |
| Petitioner | RTI applicant |
| Respondent | Intelligence Bureau |
| RTI Act sections | §24 |
| Outcome | Partly allowed |
Outcome
IB is §24 exempt; personnel matters (pension, service records) of IB officers partly accessible to the officer themselves.
Ratio decidendi
§24 exempts the Intelligence Bureau as an organisation from RTI. However, the exemption applies to operational/intelligence records, not to an IB officer's own personnel records (pension, service book, postings). The data-subject rule (§8(1)(j) not against the self) operates within the §24 framework.
Keywords
IB, §24, own records, personnel
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