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Union of India v. R. Jayachandran

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Union of India v. R. Jayachandran,Supreme Court of India RTI,RTI §19,FAA,speaking order,§19,reasoned order)&metatag-description=(FAA speaking orders must engage with the PIO's reasoning; summary dismissals set aside. FAA must issue reasoned 'speaking orders' engaging with PIO reasoning;.)}}
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 +====== Union of India v. R. Jayachandran ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2017-12-12 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//FAA must issue reasoned 'speaking orders' engaging with PIO reasoning; summary dismissals are liable to review.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 2017-12-12 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Bench | R. Banumathi, Indu Malhotra |
 +^ Petitioner | Union of India |
 +^ Respondent | R. Jayachandran |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §19 |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +FAA speaking orders must engage with the PIO's reasoning; summary dismissals set aside.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +A First Appellate Authority under §19(1) is a quasi-judicial body. Its orders must be 'speaking orders' that analyse the PIO's reasoning, the statutory provision invoked, and the factual matrix. Summary one-line affirmations do not meet this standard.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +FAA, speaking order, §19, reasoned order
 +
 +===== 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/bombay-hc-pio-reasoned-order-2014|PIO reasoned orders — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2014)
 +  * [[/cases/madras-hc-rti-right-of-audience-2020|Applicant's right to be heard at FAA / Commission — Madras HC]] (HC-MAD 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/khanapuram-gandaiah-2010-sc|Khanapuram Gandaiah v. Administrative Officer]] (SC 2010)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-reply-in-wrong-form-2018|§7(9) improper form departure — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-posting-transfer-2019|Public servant posting/transfer orders — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2019)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=SC|All Supreme Court of India rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=19|All RTI cases turning on §19]]
 +  * [[: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-19}}