https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=435905 A specialised anti-dumping confidentiality regime under the Customs Tariff Act and the 1995 Rules prevailed over a general RTI request for note sheets and related material. Rule 7 protects confidential information and allows disclosure only within the statutory anti-dumping mechanism, while section 22 of the RTI Act overrides only to the extent of real inconsistency. Because the requested records formed part of a quasi-judicial anti-dumping file and included commercially sensitive material, the RTI framework could not be used to bypass the specific disclosure procedure. The Delhi HC therefore upheld confidentiality and set aside the CIC direction for disclosure. en-us Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 18:37:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=435905 A specialised anti-dumping confidentiality regime under the Customs Tariff Act and the 1995 Rules prevailed over a general RTI request for note sheets and related material. Rule 7 protects confidential information and allows disclosure only within the statutory anti-dumping mechanism, while section 22 of the RTI Act overrides only to the extent of real inconsistency. Because the requested records formed part of a quasi-judicial anti-dumping file and included commercially sensitive material, the RTI framework could not be used to bypass the specific disclosure procedure. The Delhi HC therefore upheld confidentiality and set aside the CIC direction for disclosure. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=435905