disclosure of information

In a ruling that is bound to have ramifications, specially on big tax-payers , and in a move aimed at curbing tax evasion, the Central Information Commission has ruled that seeking information on income tax is not invasion of privacy. Ruling out that disclosure of information would lead to unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual Full Article

After politicians and judges of the Supreme Court, now the assets of babus have also been prised open to public scrutiny by RTI. In a landmark order, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has said that disclosure of information such as assets of a public servant, routinely collected by the public authority, should be made available to the public under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Full Article

The Applicant, an informer of the department, filed a RTI application seeking inspection & copies of all records available with the income tax department including assessment orders of Escorts Ltd, Dr. Naresh Trehan and connected parties. The application was rejected by the PIO on the ground that there was no overriding public interest in disclosing the information relating to third parties and the disclosure would lead to an invasion of privacy of the assessees. On appe.. Full Article

Medico-legal reports cannot be refused under the RTI Act, the CIC has held saying unlike normal medical cases, they are not prepared at the instance of the patient but are legal requirement.“Medico legal cases (MLCs) are indeed legal requirements in criminal cases and not prepared at the instance of the patient but to record injuries inflicted on a person, to be used by courts in criminal proceedings and hence are not held in fiduciary relation with the patient and tha.. Full Article

As announced by the Hon'ble Finance Minister in his Budget Speech on February 28, 1994, in order to alert the banks and FIs and put them on guard against borrowers who have defaulted in their dues to other lending institutions, the Reserve Bank of India was putting in place arrangements for circulating among banks and FIs names of defaulting borrowers above a threshold limit. Full Article

Upholding the Central Information Commission (CIC) order that office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is well within the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Delhi High Court Wednesday ruled that judges should declare their assets. In a historical judgement, Justice S. Ravindra Bhat said judges are accountable but they are also [...] Full Article

A mere allegation of corruption not backed by credible evidence would not be sufficient to direct the country's intelligence organisations to reveal information under the RTI Act, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has held. Full Article