Case Law Details
Ambika Bhatia Vs CPIO (Central Information Commission)
The Appellant filed an online RTI application to know gross Income, net taxable income and quantum of exempted income of her husband for defending her matrimonial court case pending in the court and for claiming fair amount of maintenance for herself and her minor daughter under the Domestic Violence Act 2005 and Hindu Marriage Act, 1954 etc:
In the recent past this bench has met with the continuing reliance placed by a staggering number of applicants on the decision dated 06.11.2020 of a coordinate bench of the Commission in the Rahmat Bano case, wherein the disclosure of the gross income was allowed to the estranged wife on the ground of sustenance and livelihood of the family.
In pursuance of the Appellant’s plea in the instant case that the information is being requested for a maintenance case, the Commission directs the CPIO to provide the “generic details of the net taxable income/gross income” of the husband for the specified time period as contained in the RTI Application to the Appellant free of cost within 15 days from the date of receipt of this order. A compliance report to this effect shall be sent to the Commission by the CPIO immediately thereafter.
FULL TEXT OF THE JUDGMENT/ORDER OF CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION
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