Case Law Analysis
|Rajasthan High Court
Section 7 RTI Act | Processing Fees for Answer Book Copies Cannot Exceed Statutory Caps : Rajasthan HC Strikes Down ₹1,000 Fee
Rajasthan High Court ruled that universities cannot impose processing fees exceeding the statutory limits under the RTI Act Rules 2012 for providing answer book copies. The court held that a ₹1,000 processing fee per answer book violates Section 7 of the RTI Act, reinforcing fee caps to ensure public access to information without undue financial burden.