Section 21: Protection of action taken in good faith

Right to Information Act, 2005

English statutory text

21. Protection of action taken in good faith.

¶No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or any rule made thereunder.

DoPT consolidated edition, 18 November 2025. PDF footnote numbers removed; consolidation brackets and omission marks retained. See the official PDFs for amendment footnotes and schedules.

Study: explanations and related material

Understand this section

The section protects action done or intended in good faith under the Act or its rules from the listed legal proceedings. It is not a statement that every official act is immune from scrutiny; read the good-faith requirement and the Act’s appeal and penalty provisions together.

Original Banaka explanation · checked 30 September 2026 · not a substitute for the statute.