COMMON CAUSE vs HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD . — W.P.(C) No. 194/2012

Summary: The Supreme Court disposed of multiple writ petitions filed by Common Cause challenging the Right to Information Act rules framed by the High Court of Allahabad. The Court ruled that RTI application fees should not exceed Rs. 50 and per-page charges should not exceed Rs. 5, rejected requirements to disclose the applicant's motive, and clarified that permission from judges is only needed for exempted information. The Court also directed public authorities to transfer RTI applications to appropriate authorities under Section 6(3) and directed that rules restricting disclosure of pending matters be read consistently with Section 8 of the RTI Act, with all non-compliant rules to be revisited (20 March 2018). This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.