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important-decisions:cic-case-laws:shri-nihar-ranjan-banerjee-cvo-and-shri-bidya-nand-mishra-dgm-vig-coal-india-ltd-vs-shri-mn-ghosh [2023/04/15 11:53] – Shrawanimportant-decisions:cic-case-laws:shri-nihar-ranjan-banerjee-cvo-and-shri-bidya-nand-mishra-dgm-vig-coal-india-ltd-vs-shri-mn-ghosh [2026/06/03 17:01] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-====== Power of Review by CIC ====== +====== Power of Review by CIC — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026 ====== 
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 +**In one line.** The Central Information Commission has an inherent power to review its own orders in limited circumstances — where there is a procedural infirmity that may have led to a miscarriage of justice, or an error apparent on the face of the record — notwithstanding the silence of the Right to Information Act, 2005 on review. 
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 +**What that means in practice.** 
 +  * Review is not a substitute for appeal. It lies only for procedural error or error apparent on the record, not for a fresh hearing on the merits. 
 +  * A party aggrieved by an order of the Commission may file a review petition before the same Commission. The Commission may, in the alternative, take up the matter suo motu. 
 +  * The Commission's reasoning follows the Supreme Court in //Patel Narshi Thakershi v. Pradyumanshighji Arjunsinghji// (AIR 1970 SC 1273) and //Rajendra Singh v. Governor, A&N Islands// (AIR 2006 SC 75) on statutory silence and inherent review powers. 
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 +**The net upshot of these two decisions of the Hon’ble Apex Court is that while in substantive matters there may arguably be no review.** 
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 +//Last reviewed on: 20 April 2026// 
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 The net upshot of these two decisions of the Hon’ble Apex Court is that while in substantive matters there may arguably be no review.  In cases of procedural infirmities which may have led to or may be believed to have led to miscarriage of justice or where there is an error apparent on the face of it, the absence of a provision for review shall not be a bar on a given statutory authority assuming that power.  In other words, silence of law in regard to review does not prohibit a statutory authority from undertaking review in specific given circumstances.  The net upshot of these two decisions of the Hon’ble Apex Court is that while in substantive matters there may arguably be no review.  In cases of procedural infirmities which may have led to or may be believed to have led to miscarriage of justice or where there is an error apparent on the face of it, the absence of a provision for review shall not be a bar on a given statutory authority assuming that power.  In other words, silence of law in regard to review does not prohibit a statutory authority from undertaking review in specific given circumstances. 
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