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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(RTI § 22 harmony with special laws,Supreme Court of India RTI,RTI §22,RTI §8,§22,harmony,special laws,privacy)&metatag-description=(§22 overriding effect read harmoniously with specific privacy protections in special laws [e.g., Mental Health Act, DNA Bill].)}}
+====== RTI § 22 harmony with special laws ======
+<WRAP center round info 95%>
+**Supreme Court of India** · 2020-01-01 · Citation awaited
+</WRAP>
+//§22 is read harmoniously with privacy carve-outs in special laws — blanket override not absolute.//
+===== Case details =====
+^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
+^ Decided | 2020-01-01 |
+^ Citation | Citation awaited |
+^ Petitioner | various |
+^ Respondent | various |
+^ RTI Act sections | §22, §8 |
+^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
+===== Outcome =====
+§22 overriding effect read harmoniously with specific privacy protections in special laws (e.g., Mental Health Act, DNA Bill).
+===== Ratio decidendi =====
+While §22 grants RTI Act overriding effect over inconsistent provisions, specific privacy protections in other statutes — Mental Health Act, Juvenile Justice Act, Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act — continue to apply where they express specific legislative intent.
+===== Keywords =====
+§22, harmony, special laws, privacy
+===== 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/sc-section-22-overriding-effect-2012|§22 overriding effect — RTI over conflicting laws]] (SC 2012)
+  * [[/cases/sc-rti-overriding-official-secrets-2016|§22 vs. Official Secrets Act]] (SC 2016)
+  * [[/important-decisions/k-s-puttaswamy-vs-union-of-india|K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India]] (SC 2017)
+  * [[/cases/cic-biometric-data-rti-2019|Biometric / Aadhaar records — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
+  * [[/cases/hc-jk-rti-post-370-records-2022|Post-Article 370 records — J&K HC]] (HC-JK 2022)
+===== Related =====
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=SC|All Supreme Court of India rulings in the corpus]]
+  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=22|All RTI cases turning on §22]]
+  * [[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-sc section-22 section-8}}

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