Case Law Details
Rahmat Bano Vs. CPIO (Central Information Commission, New Delhi)
While dealing with the Section 8( 1)(j) of the Act, we cannot lose sight of the fact that the appellant and the respondent No.1 are husband and wife and as a wife she is entitled to know what remuneration the respondent No.1 is getting.
In a litigation, where the issue involved is of maintenance of wife, the information relating to the salary details no longer remain confined to the category of personal information concerning both husband and wife, which is available with the husband hence accessible by the wife. But in the present case, as stated earlier, the application has not been filed by the wife.
Commission directs the respondent to inform the appellant about the generic details of the net taxable income/gross income of her husband held and available with the Public Authority for the period 2017-2018, within a period of 15 working days from the date of receipt of this order.
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Suppose the husband has possessed illegality all the movable and immobile properties of the wife and the husband is taking all the fruits of such assets of the wife who is deserted in the parental house of the wife, how the poor wife can know whether her income is also incorporated in the it statement. The wife is claiming maintenance in the court. So she is expected to know the it statement of her husband. See wife and husband are life partners. Kindly do justice to such women
It’s very wrong decision its against of Constitution of India.