Transparency in Governance — Landmark Cases

Landmark Cases

T.S.R. Subramanian v. Union of India, Writ Petition (Civil) Nos. 82 and 234 of 2011 (31 October 2013)

2013

The Court connected recording official directions with meaningful access under the RTI Act. An instruction that remained oral could not be supplied from the record, and its…

Central Board of Secondary Education v. Aditya Bandopadhyay, Civil Appeal No. 6454 of 2011 and connected appeals (9 August 2011)

2011

The Court recognised an examinee’s access to evaluated answer-books under the RTI Act and rejected the examining body’s claim that it held those answer-books in a fiduciary…

Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal, Civil Appeal No. 10044 of 2010 and connected appeals (13 November 2019)

2019

The Constitution Bench held that the Chief Justice of India’s office is part of the Supreme Court as a public authority. It upheld disclosure of information about whether asset…