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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- Section 8 of India's Right to Information Act, 2005 lists ten categories of information that public authorities are exempt from disclosing to citizens.
- Can a Section 8 exemption be overridden, and on what basis?
- Who bears the burden of proving that information is exempt under Section 8?
- How does Section 8 differ from Section 24 of the RTI Act?
- Did the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 change Section 8?

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1. 15 June 2005

   The RTI Act, which received presidential assent on and came into full force on 12 October 2005, replaced the limited Freedom of Information Act, 2002, and e…

2. 12 October 2005

   The RTI Act, which received presidential assent on 15 June 2005 and came into full force on , replaced the limited Freedom of Information Act, 2002, and esta…

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In the 2019 Subhash Chandra Agarwal judgment, the Supreme Court of India rejected a blanket Section 8(1)(j) privacy exemption and ruled that judges' asset declarations held by the Chief Justice's office are disclosable under the RTI Act.

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