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Pollution Control Board records — SC

SPCB / CPCB are public authorities under §2[h]; pollution-monitoring data, industry-compliance reports and consent-to-operate records are §4 disclosure material.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Pollution Control Board records — SC,Supreme Court of India RTI,RTI §2,RTI §4,pollution control,SPCB,CPCB,§2(h),§4)&metatag-description=(SPCB / CPCB are public authorities under §2[h]; pollution-monitoring data, industry-compliance reports and consent-to-operate records are §4 disclosure material.)}}
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 +====== Pollution Control Board records — SC ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2018-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
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 +**SPCB / CPCB are public authorities under §2[h]; pollution-monitoring data, industry-compliance reports and consent-to-operate records are §4 disclosure material.**
 +
 +//Pollution Control Boards = §2(h); monitoring data + consent records must be proactively disclosed.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 2018-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Affected resident / RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | State / Central Pollution Control Board |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h), §4(1)(b) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +SPCB / CPCB are public authorities under §2(h); pollution-monitoring data, industry-compliance reports and consent-to-operate records are §4 disclosure material.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +State Pollution Control Boards and the Central Pollution Control Board are public authorities under §2(h). Ambient pollution monitoring data, industry-wise consent-to-operate records, compliance-audit outcomes and violation notices are §4(1)(b) material — proactive publication on the Board's portal is mandatory.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +pollution control, SPCB, CPCB, §2(h), §4
 +
 +===== 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/sc-rti-waqf-board-2022|Waqf Board under RTI]] (SC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-uttarakhand-rti-chardham-2020|Char Dham project records — Uttarakhand HC]] (HC-UK 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-rajasthan-rti-ngt-compliance-2021|NGT order compliance records — Rajasthan HC]] (HC-RAJ 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-inspection-records-medical-2018|Hospital inspection reports — CIC]] (CIC 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-union-board-examinations-2019|Board-examination records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2019)
 +
 +===== 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>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-sc section-2 section-4}}