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State Waqf Boards, constituted under the Waqf Act 1995, are public authorities under §2[h]. State Waqf Boards (Waqf Act 1995) are §2(h) public authorities;.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Waqf Board under RTI,Supreme Court of India RTI,RTI §2,Waqf Board,§2(h),public authority)&metatag-description=(State Waqf Boards, constituted under the Waqf Act 1995, are public authorities under §2[h]. State Waqf Boards (Waqf Act 1995) are §2(h) public authorities;.)}}
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 +====== Waqf Board under RTI — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026 ======
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2022-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//State Waqf Boards (Waqf Act 1995) are §2(h) public authorities; property, grievance, and fund records disclosable.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 2022-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | State Waqf Board |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +State Waqf Boards, constituted under the Waqf Act 1995, are public authorities under §2(h).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +State Waqf Boards are constituted under the Waqf Act, 1995 with State control over appointments and funds. They are 'public authorities' under §2(h). Waqf property registers, grievance records, and audited accounts are disclosable under RTI.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +Waqf Board, §2(h), public authority
 +
 +===== 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.//
 +
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 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-property-tax-assessment-2020|Property-tax assessment records — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-statutory-boards-2023|Statutory boards under RTI — CIC]] (CIC 2023)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-judicial-academies-2020|Judicial Academies under RTI — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-uttarakhand-rti-chardham-2020|Char Dham project records — Uttarakhand HC]] (HC-UK 2020)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=SC|All Supreme Court of India rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=2|All RTI cases turning on §2]]
 +  * [[: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-2}}