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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(political parties, §2(h), CIC Full Bench, Subhash Chandra, public authority)
+metatag-description=(6 national parties are public authorities under §2h.)
+metatag-title=(Subhash Chandra Agarwal v. INC + 5 parties — 2013 — RTI case law)}}
+====== Subhash Chandra Agarwal v. INC + 5 parties ======
+**Subhash Chandra Agarwal v. INC + 5 parties** (Central Information Commission (Full Bench), 2013-06-03) //CIC/SM/C/2011/001386// is a ruling on the Right to Information Act, 2005 — Section 2(h). 6 national parties are public authorities under §2(h). INC, BJP, CPI(M), CPI, NCP and BSP are 'public authorities' under §2(h) of the RTI Act.
+===== Holding =====
+national parties are public authorities under §2(h).
+===== Ratio =====
+INC, BJP, CPI(M), CPI, NCP and BSP are 'public authorities' under §2(h) of the RTI Act. They receive substantial Government benefit through income-tax exemption u/s 13A IT Act, allotment of land at Lutyens Delhi, and free airtime on AIR / Doordarshan. Bound to designate CPIOs and respond to RTIs.
+===== Section(s) applied =====
+  * Section 2(h)
+===== Practitioner takeaway =====
+Income-tax exemption + Lutyens land + AIR/Doordarshan time = substantial Government finance.
+===== Citation =====
+  * **Citation:** CIC/SM/C/2011/001386
+  * **Court:** Central Information Commission (Full Bench)
+  * **Date:** 2013-06-03
+  * **Outcome:** allowed
+  * **Reporter / Cause-list:** CIC/SM/C/2011/001386
+===== 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 cic 2013}}

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