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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(§8(1)(i), file noting, cabinet papers, rk jain, post-decisional)
+metatag-description=(File noting is not Cabinet papers; post-decisional disclosure mandatory.)
+metatag-title=(R.K. Jain v. Union of India — 2013 — RTI case law)}}
+====== R.K. Jain v. Union of India ======
+**R.K. Jain v. Union of India** (Supreme Court of India, 2013-04-16) //(2013) 14 SCC 794// is a ruling on the Right to Information Act, 2005 — Sections 8(1)(i), 10. File noting is not Cabinet papers; post-decisional disclosure mandatory. Section 8(1)(i) exemption is limited to Cabinet-level deliberations of the Council of Ministers, Secretaries and other officers.
+===== Holding =====
+File noting is not Cabinet papers; post-decisional disclosure mandatory.
+===== Ratio =====
+Section 8(1)(i) exemption is limited to Cabinet-level deliberations of the Council of Ministers, Secretaries and other officers. Routine departmental file noting at Section Officer / Under Secretary level is administrative record and disclosable. The proviso to §8(1)(i) mandates post-decisional disclosure.
+===== Section(s) applied =====
+  * Section 8(1)(i)
+  * Section 10
+===== Practitioner takeaway =====
+§8(1)(i) protects only Cabinet-level deliberation; routine file noting disclosable.
+===== Citation =====
+  * **Citation:** (2013) 14 SCC 794
+  * **Court:** Supreme Court of India
+  * **Date:** 2013-04-16
+  * **Outcome:** allowed
+  * **Reporter / Cause-list:** (2013) 14 SCC 794
+===== 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 2013}}

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