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Lok Pal of India is a public authority; pending-investigation records §8[1][h] protected; closed cases disclosable. Lok Pal = §2(h) public authority; live-inquiry.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Lok Pal under RTI — SC,Supreme Court of India RTI,RTI §2,RTI §8,Lok Pal,Lokpal,§2(h),CIC)&metatag-description=(Lok Pal of India is a public authority; pending-investigation records §8[1][h] protected; closed cases disclosable. Lok Pal = §2(h) public authority; live-inquiry.)}}
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 +====== Lok Pal under RTI — SC — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026 ======
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2024-01-01 · Citation awaited · **★ Landmark**
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 +**Lok Pal of India is a public authority; pending-investigation records §8[1][h] protected; closed cases disclosable. Lok Pal = §2(h) public authority; live-inquiry.**
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 +//Lok Pal = §2(h) public authority; live-inquiry records §8(1)(h), closed-case orders disclosable.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 2024-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Lok Pal of India |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h), §8(1)(h) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Lok Pal of India is a public authority; pending-investigation records §8(1)(h) protected; closed cases disclosable.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +The Lok Pal of India, constituted under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, is a statutory body and public authority under §2(h). Pending-inquiry records are protected under §8(1)(h). Closed-case orders, aggregate statistics and annual reports are disclosable.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +Lok Pal, Lokpal, §2(h), CIC
 +
 +===== 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/sic-mp-rti-seva-guarantee-2022|MP Lok Seva Guarantee interaction — MP SIC]] (SIC-MP 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-departmental-proceedings-rti-2019|Departmental proceedings records — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-lok-sabha-mp-salary-2020|MP salary + allowances — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-pending-supreme-court-decisions-2022|Records of pending SC cases — not disclosable via RTI]] (SC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-bombay-rti-cooperative-bank-fraud-2022|Cooperative bank fraud investigation — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2022)
 +
 +===== Related =====
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 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
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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-2 section-8 landmark}}