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Secretary General, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Secretary General  Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal,High Court of Delhi (Full Bench) RTI,RTI §2,RTI §8,CJI,judges' assets,Delhi HC Full Bench,§2(h),§8(1)(j))&metatag-description=(Office of the CJI is a 'public authority'; judges' asset declarations subject to RTI [affirmed by SC 2019]. CJI's office is a public authority; judges' assets.)}}
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 +====== Secretary General, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Delhi (Full Bench)** · 2010-01-12 · ILR (2010) 2 Del 785 · **★ Landmark**
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +**Office of the CJI is a 'public authority'; judges' asset declarations subject to RTI [affirmed by SC 2019]. CJI's office is a public authority; judges' assets.**
 +
 +//CJI's office is a public authority; judges' assets accessible subject to §8(1)(j) balancing.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Delhi (Full Bench) |
 +^ Decided | 2010-01-12 |
 +^ Citation | ILR (2010) 2 Del 785 |
 +^ Bench | A.P. Shah, Vikramajit Sen, S. Muralidhar |
 +^ Petitioner | Secretary General, Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Respondent | Subhash Chandra Agarwal |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h), §8(1)(j) |
 +^ Outcome | Rejected |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Office of the CJI is a 'public authority'; judges' asset declarations subject to RTI (affirmed by SC 2019).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +The office of the Chief Justice of India is a 'public authority' under §2(h). Voluntary asset declarations made by judges to the CJI are disclosable under RTI subject to §8(1)(j) balancing. This was affirmed by the Supreme Court in 2019.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +CJI, judges' assets, Delhi HC Full Bench, §2(h), §8(1)(j)
 +
 +===== Later rulings that cite this case =====
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/cpio-supreme-court-v-subhash-agarwal|CPIO, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal]] (SC 2019)
 +
 +===== 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.//
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/cpio-supreme-court-v-subhash-agarwal|CPIO, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal]] (SC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-cpio-v-subhash-collegium-files-2019|CJI office — collegium recommendations & resolutions]] (SC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-judicial-salary-2019|Judges' salary / allowances — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/madras-hc-public-servants-assets-2024|Public Servants' Assets Disclosure — Madras HC 2024]] (HC-MAD 2024)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-subordinate-court-judge-transfer-2018|Subordinate-court judge transfers — CIC]] (CIC 2018)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-DEL|All High Court of Delhi (Full Bench) rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=2|All RTI cases turning on §2]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?landmark=1|All landmark rulings]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
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 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1579064/|External reported text →]]
 +
 +<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-hc-del section-2 section-8 landmark}}