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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(rti case law database,rti case search,rti supreme court rulings,rti high court judgments,cic decisions,rti act landmark cases,rti adjudication search,information commission orders,case database)&metatag-description=(Free, faceted search across 397+ curated Right to Information rulings — Supreme Court, every major High Court, CIC and SICs. Filter by section, court, year, outcome.)&metatag-title=(RTI Case Database — 397+ curated rulings, faceted search · RTI Wiki)}}
+====== RTI Case Database — Faceted Search across 397+ Rulings ======
+<WRAP center round info 95%>
+**Search the corpus directly below.** Filter by court, RTI Act section, outcome, year, or keyword. Click any case to read the full editorial summary on RTI Wiki.
+</WRAP>
+{{url>https://righttoinformation.wiki/case-search-app.html 100%x1180px noborder|RTI Case-Law Search}}
+<WRAP center round help 95%>
+**Search not loading?** Open it directly at [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/case-search-app.html|/case-search-app.html]] (works without iframe).
+</WRAP>
+===== What this database contains =====
+An **editor-curated, search-ready case-law corpus** covering the most-cited rulings on the **Right to Information Act, 2005** — indexed by:
+  * **Court** — Supreme Court of India, every major High Court, Central Information Commission, State Information Commissions
+  * **RTI Act section** — §2 through §28, including sub-clauses like §8(1)(j), §8(1)(e), §11
+  * **Outcome** — applicant allowed, request rejected, partly allowed, remitted
+  * **Year** — 1975 (//Raj Narain//) to 2025 (post-DPDP rulings)
+  * **Keyword** — parties, citation, ratio, facts
+===== How to use the search =====
+  - Type a keyword in the box above (parties, citation, ratio, e.g. //fiduciary//, //cabinet//, //§8(1)(j)//) **or** pick filters from the left sidebar.
+  - Use the **Landmark rulings only** toggle to narrow to the ~38 most-cited authorities every PIO, FAA and RTI advocate should know.
+  - Click a result to open the full editorial summary, with cross-links to related rulings and (where available) the reported judgment on //Indian Kanoon// or //Supreme Court Judis//.
+  - Sort by **Landmark first**, **Most recent**, or **Oldest first**.
+===== Quick filter examples =====
+  * **Every §8(1)(j) ruling** — pick "§8" in the section facet, then type ''8(1)(j)'' in the keyword box.
+  * **Every Delhi High Court ruling** — pick "Delhi HC" in the Court facet.
+  * **Post-DPDP-2025 rulings** — set //Year from// = 2025, keyword ''personal information''.
+  * **Applicant-friendly Supreme Court precedents for First Appeals** — Outcome = "Applicant allowed" + Court = SC.
+===== Corpus coverage =====
+  * **Supreme Court** — every landmark RTI ruling from 1975 onwards, indexed to the specific Act section it turns on
+  * **High Courts** — Delhi, Bombay, Madras, Kerala, Karnataka, Calcutta, Gujarat, Allahabad, Punjab & Haryana, Rajasthan — rulings most likely to be cited in a First Appeal or Second Appeal
+  * **CIC Full Bench & CIC** — decisional lines that define working practice: §11 third-party, §8(1)(h) investigation, §8(1)(i) cabinet, §6(3) transfer, the political-parties ruling, and recent directives on GST Council and Judicial Academies
+  * **SICs** — Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and other state landmark rulings; expanding as coverage builds
+===== How the data is curated =====
+Every case entry is:
+  * **Editor-reviewed** — we do not ingest raw scraped text. Each ratio is compressed from the reported judgment; every sub-section tag is cross-checked; every landmark flag is a deliberate editorial choice.
+  * **Versioned** — when a later ruling overtakes an earlier one (e.g., //Namit Sharma// → //Namit Sharma Review//), the superseding case is linked and the old entry is marked.
+  * **Free to use** — search is free, no login, no fee, no rate limit other than basic anti-abuse.
+===== Coming next =====
+  * **Scraper-assisted expansion** — automated ingestion of CIC and High Court orders with editorial review, growing the corpus to 500+ cases over 2026.
+  * **Citation graph** — each case will surface "cited in" and "overruled by" pointers.
+  * **AI-assisted precedent match** — Phase 2 of the Adjudication System: point a draft PIO reply or FAA order at the corpus and surface the closest precedents. Planned once the corpus exceeds ~500 cases.
+  * **Download ready-to-cite snippets** — two-line quotable editorial ratios for use in First / Second Appeal filings.
+===== Download ready-to-cite snippets =====
+**[[:quotable-rulings|Download the 40 landmark rulings as 2-line quotable blocks]]** — plain-text, JSON, CSV and printable A4 HTML formats. Drop directly into First Appeal / Second Appeal filings, PIO orders, FAA speaking orders, or writ petitions.
+===== Limitations =====
+<WRAP center round alert 95%>
+**This is an AI-assisted, editor-curated reference tool. It is not a legal service.** Ratios published here are editorial compressions of reported judgments. Before citing in a PIO order, FAA appeal, CIC/SIC submission, or High Court writ, **always consult the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki does not provide legal advice. The final adjudicatory authority rests with the Commission or Court.
+</WRAP>
+===== Related =====
+  * [[:important-decisions:start|Landmark case-law library — editorial]]
+  * [[:pio-faa-knowledge-base|PIO / FAA Knowledge Base]]
+  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated text]]
+  * [[:cpd:start|PIO / FAA CPD Course]]
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/tools/chat-app.html|RTI Wiki AI chat]]
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/tools/first-appeal-app.html|First Appeal Builder]]
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/tools/citation-formatter-app.html|Citation Formatter]]
+===== Sources =====
+  * Supreme Court of India — Supreme Court Reports (SCR), Supreme Court Cases (SCC), Supreme Court Judgments Database (Judis)
+  * High Courts — respective official judgment archives and //Indian Kanoon//
+  * Central Information Commission — https://cic.gov.in/orders
+  * State Information Commissions — individual state portals
+//Last reviewed: 14 May 2026.//
+{{tag>case-law adjudication database search landmark supreme-court high-court cic sic}}