Why police departments reject 22% of all RTIs — and how to win

Top rejection grounds: 42% — informant safety §8(1)(g) 31% — investigation §8(1)(h) 18% — privacy §8(1)(j)

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State pattern: Maharashtra: 5,400 rejections Delhi: 3,800 UP: 3,200 Karnataka: relatively low

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Counter strategies: File for CLOSED matters (informant protection lapses) Frame for AGGREGATE data

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Winning case law: Lalita Kumari (2014) Bhagwant Singh (1985) Jiju Lukose (2014) DK Basu (1997)

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Hybrid pressure: File CPGRAMS + RTI same day Then SP + DGP escalation + State HRC parallel

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Full playbook → RTI Wiki: blog/police-rti-rejecters

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