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Union of India v. Namit Sharma (Review)

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Union of India v. Namit Sharma (Review),Supreme Court of India RTI,RTI §12,RTI §15,RTI §16,Information Commission,review,Namit Sharma,bench composition)&metatag-description=(Review of Namit Sharma — two-member judicial-bench rule relaxed; Commissions allowed broader composition. Relaxes the earlier Namit Sharma requirement of.)}}
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 +====== Union of India v. Namit Sharma (Review) ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2013-09-03 · (2013) 10 SCC 359 · **★ Landmark**
 +</WRAP>
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 +**Review of Namit Sharma — two-member judicial-bench rule relaxed; Commissions allowed broader composition. Relaxes the earlier Namit Sharma requirement of.**
 +
 +//Relaxes the earlier Namit Sharma requirement of judicial-only benches for Information Commissions.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 2013-09-03 |
 +^ Citation | (2013) 10 SCC 359 |
 +^ Bench | A.K. Patnaik, Arjan Kumar Sikri |
 +^ Petitioner | Union of India |
 +^ Respondent | Namit Sharma |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §12, §15, §16 |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Review of Namit Sharma — two-member judicial-bench rule relaxed; Commissions allowed broader composition.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +The 2012 Namit Sharma directions requiring every bench of the Information Commission to include a judicial member are relaxed. Commissions may be constituted with non-judicial members, but must follow fair procedure.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +Information Commission, review, Namit Sharma, bench composition
 +
 +===== This case cites =====
 +
 +  * [[/cases/namit-sharma-v-uoi-2012-sc|Namit Sharma v. Union of India]] (SC 2012)
 +
 +===== Later rulings that cite this case =====
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/anjali-bhardwaj-vs-union-of-india|Anjali Bhardwaj v. Union of India]] (SC 2019)
 +
 +===== This ruling overruled / modified =====
 +
 +  * [[/cases/namit-sharma-v-uoi-2012-sc|Namit Sharma v. Union of India]] (SC 2012)
 +
 +===== 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/namit-sharma-v-uoi-2012-sc|Namit Sharma v. Union of India]] (SC 2012)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-natural-justice-rti-commission-hearing-2020|Natural justice in Information Commission hearings]] (SC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/khanapuram-gandaiah-2010-sc|Khanapuram Gandaiah v. Administrative Officer]] (SC 2010)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-judicial-academies-2020|Judicial Academies under RTI — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-judicial-delay-information-2023|Judicial-delay records — SC]] (SC 2023)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
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 +  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/103330895/|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.
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 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
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 +{{tag>case-law court-sc section-12 section-15 section-16 landmark}}