The Court said that if information is denied on the ground that it is voluminous, then it would amount to adding one more exemption under Section 8 of the RTI Act.
Justice Subramonium Prasad held that the relationship between the Solicitor General of India and the Government of India is that of a fiduciary and a beneficiary.
The CIC recently directed a Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) to furnish a man with only the "generic details of the net taxable income or gross income" of his wife to verify these details in a maintenance case.
The Court held that the relationship between the AG and the State being a fiduciary one, such communications enjoy the exemption under Section 8(1)(e) of the RTI Act.