Do exemptions currently in force through Section 8 already apply to file notings and cabinet papers?
The category of ‘file notings’ does not figure under Section 8(1) of the RTI Act, which lists out the types of information that the government is under “no obligation to give any citizen”. Thus, the file notings come firmly within the access as per the RTI Act and must be made public on request. Even where notings may fall within the Section 8 criteria, they can still be made public where the public interest is served in disclosing the information. As regards cabinet papers, Section 8 mentions cabinet papers including records of deliberations of councils of ministers, and provides that “decisions and the material on the basis of which decisions were taken shall be made public after the decision has been taken”. Clearly, the Act requires that not only must decisions be made public, but the reasons and the material on the basis of the decisions be made public after the matter is complete and over. Even cabinet papers which may otherwise be exempt from disclosure, under Sec. 8(1)(i) of th
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