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| 10 Supreme Court rulings every PIO and FAA must know (2026 edition)
Practice this in 30 seconds. Use our free RTI Assistant — AI-driven drafting, First Appeal,… |
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| RTI Case Database — Faceted Search across 397+ Rulings
Search the corpus directly below. Filter by court, RTI Act section, outcome, year, or keyword. Click any… |
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| Bihar Public Service Commission v. Saiyed Hussain Abbas Rizwi
Supreme Court of India · 2012-12-13 · (2012) 13 SCC 61 · ★ Landmark
Interview-panel member ident… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-8,
landmark |
| Chief Information Commissioner v. State of Manipur
Supreme Court of India · 2011-12-12 · (2011) 15 SCC 1 · ★ Landmark
§18 complaint ≠ §19 appeal. Commission c… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-18,
section-19,
landmark |
| Biometric / Aadhaar records — CIC
Central Information Commission · 2019-01-01 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark
Individual biometric data in UIDAI custody absol… |
| case-law,
court-cic,
section-8,
landmark |
| Indian Olympic Association v. Harinder Dhingra
Central Information Commission (Full Bench) · 2013-04-11 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark
IOA held a 'public aut… |
| case-law,
court-cic,
section-2,
landmark |
| Political Parties as 'Public Authorities' — CIC Full Bench 2013
Central Information Commission (Full Bench) · 2013-06-03 · File Nos. CIC/SM/C/2011/000838 and 0… |
| case-law,
court-cic,
section-2,
landmark |
| Post-ADR Electoral Bonds — RTI sequel
Central Information Commission · 2024-01-01 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark
Post-ADR (Electoral Bonds 2024): RTI disclos… |
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court-cic,
section-2,
section-8,
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| PM CARES Fund status — CIC — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026
Central Information Commission · 2022-01-01 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark
PM CARES Fund status as §… |
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court-cic,
section-2,
landmark |
| D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society v. Director of Public
Supreme Court of India · 2019-09-17 · (2019) 9 SCC 185 · ★ Landmark
Non-government education… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-2,
landmark |
| DPDP 2025 effect on §8(1)(j) — Delhi HC guidance
High Court of Delhi · 2025-12-01 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark
Post-14-November-2025, §8[1][j] protects all… |
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court-hc-del,
section-8,
landmark |
| Khanapuram Gandaiah v. Administrative Officer
Supreme Court of India · 2010-01-04 · (2010) 2 SCC 1 · AIR 2010 SC 615 · ★ Landmark
Judicial reasoning is not 'i… |
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court-sc,
section-2,
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| Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan v. Union of India
Supreme Court of India · 2018-07-23 · (2018) 17 SCC 324 · ★ Landmark
Proactive disclosure under §4 is a conti… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-4,
landmark |
| Muniyappan standard — §11 third-party notice
Central Information Commission · 2010-01-01 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark
§11 notice is mandatory where the thi… |
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court-cic,
section-8,
section-11,
landmark |
| Namit Sharma v. Union of India
Supreme Court of India · 2012-09-13 · (2013) 1 SCC 745 · ★ Landmark
Qualification & composition of Information Commissions revi… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-12,
section-15,
section-16,
landmark |
| PMNRF coverage under RTI — CIC ruling
Central Information Commission · 2015-01-01 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark
PMNRF is a public authority under §2(h); its… |
| case-law,
court-cic,
section-2,
landmark |
| R.K. Jain v. Union of India — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026
Supreme Court of India · 2013-04-16 · (2013) 14 SCC 794 · ★ Landmark
§8(1)(i): Cabinet records discl… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-8,
landmark |
| CJI office — collegium recommendations & resolutions
Supreme Court of India (Constitution Bench) · 2019-11-13 · (2020) 5 SCC 481 · ★ Landmark
Collegium's fina… |
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court-sc,
section-8,
landmark |
| Anonymous donations to political parties — SC 2025
Supreme Court of India · 2025-03-08 · (2025) 4 SCC 1 · ★ Landmark
Political parties remain public authoriti… |
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court-sc,
section-2,
section-4,
landmark |
| DPDP 2025 does not operate retrospectively — Supreme Court 2025
Supreme Court of India · 2025-02-14 · 2025 SCC OnLine SC 187 · ★ Landmark
RTI applications fil… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-8,
section-22,
landmark |
| Judicial pendency data under RTI — Supreme Court 2024
Supreme Court of India · 2024-05-10 · (2024) 5 SCC 512 · ★ Landmark
Court-wise pendency data is disclosa… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-2,
section-4,
section-8,
landmark |
| RTI Act 2019 Amendment — Commissioner terms
Supreme Court of India · 2019-08-01 · Act 24 of 2019 · ★ Landmark
2019 Amendment: Commissioner tenure (previously … |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-13,
section-14,
section-16,
section-27,
landmark |
| Lok Pal under RTI — SC — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026
Supreme Court of India · 2024-01-01 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark
Lok Pal of India is a public authorit… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-2,
section-8,
landmark |
| §22 vs. Official Secrets Act — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026
Supreme Court of India · 2016-01-01 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark
§22 overrides OSA 1923 to exten… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-22,
section-8,
landmark |
| §4 portal-publication compliance — SC
Supreme Court of India · 2020-01-01 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark
§4 portal publication must be live, indexed, searcha… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-4,
landmark |
| §6(3) transfer — 5-day rule strict construction — SC
Supreme Court of India · 2022-01-01 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark
§6[3] 5-day transfer window is strict… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-6,
landmark |
| §7(3) fee-intimation procedure — SC clarity
Supreme Court of India · 2021-01-01 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark
§7[3] fee intimation stops the 30-day clock; P… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-7,
landmark |
| Section 22 override versus state secrecy law — SC 2024
Supreme Court of India · 2024-11-05 · (2024) 11 SCC 88 · ★ Landmark
Karnataka state secrecy statute can… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-22,
landmark |
| §23 civil-courts bar — SC clarification
Supreme Court of India · 2017-01-01 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark
§23 bars civil-court jurisdiction in RTI matters; … |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-23,
landmark |
| §22 overriding effect — RTI over conflicting laws
Supreme Court of India · 2012-01-01 · Citation awaited · ★ Landmark
§22 RTI overrides inconsistent provision… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-22,
landmark |
| Secretary General, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal
High Court of Delhi (Full Bench) · 2010-01-12 · ILR (2010) 2 Del 785 · ★ Landmark
Office … |
| case-law,
court-hc-del,
section-2,
section-8,
landmark |
| S.P. Gupta v. Union of India (Judges' Transfer)
Supreme Court of India (Constitution Bench) · 1981-12-30 · AIR 1982 SC 149 · ★ Landmark
Right to information o… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
landmark |
| State of U.P. v. Raj Narain — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026
Supreme Court of India · 1975-01-24 · (1975) 4 SCC 428 · ★ Landmark
Pre-RTI foundation: 'people are … |
| case-law,
court-sc,
landmark |
| Union of India v. ADR (2002) — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026
Supreme Court of India · 2002-05-02 · (2002) 5 SCC 294 · ★ Landmark
Voters' right to know criminal … |
| case-law,
court-sc,
landmark |
| Union of India v. Namit Sharma (Review)
Supreme Court of India · 2013-09-03 · (2013) 10 SCC 359 · ★ Landmark
Review of Namit Sharma — two-member judicial-benc… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-12,
section-15,
section-16,
landmark |
| UPSC v. Angesh Kumar — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026
Supreme Court of India · 2018-02-20 · (2018) 4 SCC 530 · ★ Landmark
UPSC's scaling & raw-score methodology,… |
| case-law,
court-sc,
section-8,
landmark |