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This impugned order of the CIC was sought to be quashed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court, relying on the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in <em>Girish Ramchandra Deshpande<\/em> v. <em>Central Information Commissioner<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/LoginForNewsLink\/2013_1_SCC_212\">(2013) 1 SCC 212<\/a> in which it was held that copies of files, employees&#8217; performance, details of assets, etc. fall within the domain of &#8220;personal information&#8221; and cannot be claimed as a matter of right, and deciding on the merits of the present case held that since no finding was returned by the CIC as to the justification of disclosure of the information in the public domain, the petitioner cannot be forced to furnish personal information. [Union of India v. 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