Personal Information Archives

Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar RTI

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

RTI Act: CIC rejects blanket fiduciary exemption for PMRBP selection records, directs disclosure of nomination status and aggregate statistics

“A fiduciary relationship cannot be established merely because information is held confidentially or forms part of an internal process, and mere custody of evaluated records does not, by itself, create such a relationship.”

Case Briefs High Courts

No “Larger Public Interest”; Wife Cannot Use RTI to Access Husband’s Income Tax Details in Matrimonial Disputes: Delhi High Court

“The parties shall be at liberty to take all remedies available in law for requiring the other spouse to place on record the affidavit as mandated under Rajnesh v. Neha, (2020) 2 SCC 324.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Karnataka High Court rules against disclosure of passport details under RTI citing right to privacy and personal danger

“The exemption under Section 8 of the RTI Act is available to information which would impede the process of investigation or apprehension or prosecution of offenders.”

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CIC decides whether disclosure of income tax returns and gross income of husband to his wife is permissible under RTI Act or not || Read the decision

Central Information Commission (CIC): Neeraj Kumar Gupta (Information Commissioner) decided whether disclosure of income tax returns of the husband to wife under RTI

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CIC | Third Party-Information in light of S. 11 of RTI Act & exemption of disclosure of information: Read Commission’s view

Central Information Commission (CIC): Neeraj Kumar Gupta (Information Commissioner) addressed the instant matter and highlighted the essence of provisions of Right To Information