Social Justice & Welfare·Landmark Judgments
Right to Information — Landmark Judgments
Updated 19 Oct 2026
Landmark Judgments
Central Board of Secondary Education v. Aditya Bandopadhyay, Civil Appeal No. 6454 of 2011 and connected appeals (9 August 2011)
2011The Court recognised an examinee’s access to evaluated answer-books under the RTI Act. An examining body could not withhold them from that examinee by claiming a fiduciary…
Thalappalam Service Cooperative Bank Ltd. v. State of Kerala, Civil Appeal No. 9017 of 2013 and connected appeals (7 October 2013)
2013The Court rejected automatic treatment of the cooperative societies before it as public authorities merely because they were registered and regulated under the Kerala statute.…
Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal, Civil Appeal No. 10044 of 2010 and connected appeals (13 November 2019)
2019The Constitution Bench held that the office of the Chief Justice of India forms part of the Supreme Court as a public authority under the RTI Act. It upheld disclosure of…