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§4 disclosure continuity — SC directive line

Proactive disclosure under §4 must be kept current — stale 'last updated 2015' pages do not satisfy §4[2]. §4 disclosure must be kept current; stale §4(1)(b) pages.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(§4 disclosure continuity — SC directive line,Supreme Court of India RTI,RTI §4,§4 continuity,proactive disclosure,stale data)&metatag-description=(Proactive disclosure under §4 must be kept current — stale 'last updated 2015' pages do not satisfy §4[2]. §4 disclosure must be kept current; stale §4(1)(b) pages.)}}
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 +====== §4 disclosure continuity — SC directive line ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2019-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//§4 disclosure must be kept current; stale §4(1)(b) pages do not satisfy the continuing-obligation standard.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 2019-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI activists collective |
 +^ Respondent | Union/State governments |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §4(1)(b), §4(2) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Proactive disclosure under §4 must be kept current — stale 'last updated 2015' pages do not satisfy §4(2).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +§4(1)(b) mandates 17 categories of proactive disclosure; §4(2) creates a continuing obligation. A disclosure page last updated years earlier — showing old budgets, old officer lists — does not discharge the duty. Up-to-date publication is essential.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +§4 continuity, proactive disclosure, stale data
 +
 +===== 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/mazdoor-kisan-shakti-sangathan-v-uoi-2018-sc|Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan v. Union of India]] (SC 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-section-4-portal-compliance-2020|§4 portal-publication compliance — SC]] (SC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-section-25-annual-report-cic-2019|§25 annual report — disclosure obligation]] (SC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-ap-rti-welfare-pension-2022|YSR welfare pension records — Andhra Pradesh HC]] (HC-AP 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-jharkhand-rti-ration-scheme-2021|PDS scheme records — Jharkhand HC]] (HC-JH 2021)
 +
 +===== 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]]
 +  * [[: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}}