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We have rarely heard of any recoveries of penalties slammed on public information officers (PIOs), but this one surely takes the cake!
Neeraj Kumar Gupta, the central information commissioner, in an order dated 19 February 2021, states, “If the Central Information Commission (CIC) starts imposing penalty on the PIOs in every other case, without any justification, it would instil a sense of constant apprehension in those functioning as PIOs in the public authorities, and would put undue pressure on them.
They would not be able to fulfil their statutory duties under the Right to Information (RTI) Act with an independent mind and with objectivity.”
Central Information Commission has said that a
Husband is not entitled to seek information regarding bank details & income tax returns of his wife under the Right to Information Act, 2005.
The
Information Commissioner Neeraj Kumar Gupta observed that the
filing of the Income Tax Returns by an individual with the Income Tax Department is not a public activity. It is in the nature of an obligation which a citizen owes to the State viz. to pay his taxes, this information cannot be disclosed to the applicant in the absence of any larger public interest , the Commission said.
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