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State of U.P. v. Raj Narain — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026

Foundational articulation of citizen's right to know the workings of government under Article 19[1][a]. Pre-RTI foundation: 'people are entitled to know the.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(State of U.P. v. Raj Narain,Supreme Court of India RTI,right to know,Article 19(1)(a),foundational,pre-RTI)&metatag-description=(Foundational articulation of citizen's right to know the workings of government under Article 19[1][a]. Pre-RTI foundation: 'people are entitled to know the.)}}
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 +====== State of U.P. v. Raj Narain — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026 ======
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 +**Supreme Court of India** · 1975-01-24 · (1975) 4 SCC 428 · **★ Landmark**
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Pre-RTI foundation: 'people are entitled to know the particulars of every public transaction in all its bearing'.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 1975-01-24 |
 +^ Citation | (1975) 4 SCC 428 |
 +^ Bench | A.N. Ray, K.K. Mathew, M. Hameedullah Beg, Y.V. Chandrachud, P.N. Bhagwati |
 +^ Petitioner | State of U.P. |
 +^ Respondent | Raj Narain & Ors. |
 +^ RTI Act sections | — |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Foundational articulation of citizen's right to know the workings of government under Article 19(1)(a).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +In a government of responsibility like ours, the people have a right to know every public act, every thing that is done in a public way, by their functionaries. The right to know flows from Article 19(1)(a).
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +right to know, Article 19(1)(a), foundational, pre-RTI
 +
 +===== Later rulings that cite this case =====
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/cbse-and-anr-vs-aditya-bandopadhyay|CBSE v. Aditya Bandopadhyay]] (SC 2011)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/electoral-bonds-adr-2024|ADR v. Union of India (Electoral Bonds)]] (SC 2024)
 +
 +===== 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/union-of-india-v-association-for-democratic-reforms-2002-sc|Union of India v. ADR (2002)]] (SC 2002)
 +  * [[/cases/sp-gupta-v-uoi-1981-sc|S.P. Gupta v. Union of India (Judges' Transfer)]] (SC 1981)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/electoral-bonds-adr-2024|ADR v. Union of India (Electoral Bonds)]] (SC 2024)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/k-s-puttaswamy-vs-union-of-india|K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India]] (SC 2017)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-educational-right-to-know-2023|Education right-to-know — SC directive]] (SC 2023)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=SC|All Supreme Court of India rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?landmark=1|All landmark rulings]]
 +  * [[: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]]
 +  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/438670/|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>
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 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-sc landmark}}