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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(CJI office, §2(h), §8(1)(j), §8(2), judicial transparency)
+metatag-description=(CJI Office is a public authority; §81j requires balancing under §82.)
+metatag-title=(CPIO, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal — 2019 — RTI case law)}}
+====== CPIO, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal ======
+**CPIO, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal** (Supreme Court of India (Constitution Bench), 2019-11-13) //(2019) SCC OnLine SC 1459// is a ruling on the Right to Information Act, 2005 — Sections 2(h), 8(1)(j), 8(2). CJI Office is a public authority; §8(1)(j) requires balancing under §8(2). The Office of the Chief Justice of India is a public authority under §2(h).
+===== Holding =====
+CJI Office is a public authority; §8(1)(j) requires balancing under §8(2).
+===== Ratio =====
+The Office of the Chief Justice of India is a public authority under §2(h). Judges' asset declarations and collegium correspondence are subject to §8(1)(j) balancing under §8(2). The IC must conduct the balancing as a judicial exercise.
+===== Section(s) applied =====
+  * Section 2(h)
+  * Section 8(1)(j)
+  * Section 8(2)
+===== Practitioner takeaway =====
+CJI Office under §2(h); judicial balancing under §8(2) is mandatory.
+===== Citation =====
+  * **Citation:** (2019) SCC OnLine SC 1459
+  * **Court:** Supreme Court of India (Constitution Bench)
+  * **Date:** 2019-11-13
+  * **Outcome:** partly allowed
+  * **Reporter / Cause-list:** (2019) SCC OnLine SC 1459
+===== Related =====
+  * [[:cases:search|RTI Case-Law Search — full corpus]]
+  * [[:pio-faa-knowledge-base|PIO/FAA Knowledge Base]]
+  * [[:pio-supreme-court-rulings|10 landmark Supreme Court RTI rulings]]
+  * [[:pio-high-court-rulings|High Court RTI rulings]]
+  * [[:landmark-cic-decisions|Landmark CIC decisions]]
+  * [[:act|RTI Act, 2005 — full text]]
+//Last reviewed: 23 April 2026.// {{tag>rti case-law cases sc 2019}}

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