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Police beat / patrol records — SC

Aggregate police deployment / beat data disclosable; specific officer routing / VIP security §8[1][g]. Aggregate policing stats: disclosable.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Police beat / patrol records — SC,Supreme Court of India RTI,RTI §4,RTI §24,RTI §8,police,beat records,§8(1)(g),aggregate)&metatag-description=(Aggregate police deployment / beat data disclosable; specific officer routing / VIP security §8[1][g]. Aggregate policing stats: disclosable.)}}
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 +====== Police beat / patrol records — SC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2023-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Aggregate policing stats: disclosable. Specific beat routes + VIP details: §8(1)(g) + §8(1)(a) protected.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 2023-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Citizen / RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Police |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(g) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Aggregate police deployment / beat data disclosable; specific officer routing / VIP security §8(1)(g).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Aggregate policing statistics — number of beats per area, public FIR counts, station-wise staff strength — are §4(1)(b) material. Specific officer-level beat routes, VIP-security specifics, and operational-deployment details are protected under §8(1)(g) (safety) and §8(1)(a) (strategic).
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +police, beat records, §8(1)(g), aggregate
 +
 +===== 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/hc-assam-rti-citizens-register-2022|NRC aggregate statistics — Gauhati HC]] (HC-GAU 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-gail-pipeline-2022|GAIL pipeline records — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-delhi-rti-police-public-relation-2021|Police public-relation / RTI-application data — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-foreign-contribution-annual-reports-2022|FCRA annual reports aggregate disclosure — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-isro-public-records-2019|ISRO non-operational records — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=SC|All Supreme Court of India rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=4|All RTI cases turning on §4]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=24|All RTI cases turning on §24]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<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>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-sc section-4 section-24 section-8}}