RTI whistleblower protection — §8(1)(g)

Identity of whistleblower / source protected under §8[1][g] where disclosure would endanger them. Whistleblower identity protected under §8(1)(g); 'source of.

Whistleblower identity protected under §8(1)(g); 'source of information' carve-out is intentional.

Identity of whistleblower / source protected under §8(1)(g) where disclosure would endanger them.

§8(1)(g) expressly protects the 'identity of a source of information or assistance' where disclosure would endanger life or safety. The Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014 reinforces this — sources of corruption complaints are entitled to anonymity protection.

whistleblower, §8(1)(g), source protection

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.

• Whistleblower complaint anonymity — Delhi HC (HC-DEL 2019)
• Witness identity protection — §8(1)(g) — CIC (CIC 2021)
• Repeat-information rejection — CIC guidance line (CIC 2012)
• Court-directed non-disclosure — §8(1)(b) — CIC (CIC 2018)
• Bihar PSC — interview marks disclosability (SC 2012)

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Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.