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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(NRC process records — Gauhati HC,Gauhati High Court RTI,RTI §7,RTI §8,NRC,Gauhati HC,§8(1)(j),Assam)&metatag-description=(Own NRC application file disclosable; third-party NRC data protected under §8[1][j].)}}
 +
 +====== NRC process records — Gauhati HC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Gauhati High Court** · 2021-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//Own NRC file disclosable; third-party NRC records = §8(1)(j) personal information.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Gauhati High Court |
 +^ Decided | 2021-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Applicant for NRC inclusion |
 +^ Respondent | State Coordinator of NRC |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(j) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Own NRC application file disclosable; third-party NRC data protected under §8(1)(j).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +A person's own National Register of Citizens application file — documents submitted, hearing records, final outcome — is disclosable to that person. Third-party NRC data is §8(1)(j) personal information, accessible only on a §8(2) public-interest override.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +NRC, Gauhati HC, §8(1)(j), Assam
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/hc-assam-rti-citizens-register-2022|NRC aggregate statistics — Gauhati HC]] (HC-GAU 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/muniyappan-third-party-cic|Muniyappan standard — §11 third-party notice]] (CIC 2010)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-tax-returns-2020|Tax returns of public servants — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-pib-accreditation-records-2019|PIB accreditation records — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-personal-service-record-own-2015|Public servant's own service record — SC]] (SC 2015)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-GAU|All Gauhati High Court rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=7|All RTI cases turning on §7]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +~~NOCACHE~~
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-hc-gau section-7 section-8}}
  
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