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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(RTI Act 2019 Amendment — Commissioner terms,Supreme Court of India RTI,RTI §13,RTI §14,RTI §16,RTI §27,2019 Amendment,Commissioner tenure,§13,§14,independence)&metatag-description=(Parliament amended §13, §14, §16, §27 — Commissioner tenure and salary now determined by Central Government rules.)}}
 +
 +====== RTI Act 2019 Amendment — Commissioner terms ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2019-08-01 · Act 24 of 2019 · **★ Landmark**
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//2019 Amendment: Commissioner tenure (previously 5 years) now determined by Central Rules; critics argue it reduces independence.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 2019-08-01 |
 +^ Citation | Act 24 of 2019 |
 +^ Petitioner | Union of India |
 +^ Respondent | various |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §13, §14, §16, §27 |
 +^ Outcome | Guidance / other |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Parliament amended §13, §14, §16, §27 — Commissioner tenure and salary now determined by Central Government rules.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +The RTI (Amendment) Act, 2019 changed the fixed 5-year tenure of Information Commissioners to whatever the Central Government prescribes by rules. Salary and service conditions similarly shifted to executive rules. This was passed over concerns about Commissioner independence.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +2019 Amendment, Commissioner tenure, §13, §14, independence
 +
 +===== 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/state-gov-rti-rules-fees-various|Validity of State RTI Rules — various HCs]] (HC-DEL 2016)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-lok-sabha-mp-salary-2020|MP salary + allowances — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-inspection-charge-2014|Inspection charges — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2014)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-dpdp-interface-2025|DPDP 2025 effect on §8(1)(j) — Delhi HC guidance]] (HC-DEL 2025)
 +  * [[/cases/namit-sharma-v-uoi-2012-sc|Namit Sharma v. Union of India]] (SC 2012)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
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 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=13|All RTI cases turning on §13]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=14|All RTI cases turning on §14]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=16|All RTI cases turning on §16]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=27|All RTI cases turning on §27]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?landmark=1|All landmark rulings]]
 +  * [[: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-sc section-13 section-14 section-16 section-27 landmark}}
  
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