Dismissing a special leave petition in Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v Central Information Commissioner & Ors, the Supreme Court held that the performance of an employee in an organization is primarily a matter between the employee and the employer.
The court also held that disclosure of information on these matters “had no relationship to any public activity or public interest” and that it would cause unwarranted invasion of the employee’s privacy.
The court held that the details disclosed in a person’s income tax returns are classified as personal information and that such information stands exempted from disclosure under section 8(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, (RTI Act) unless it involves a larger public interest. In addition the central or state public information officer or the appellate authority has to be satisfied that the larger public interest justifies the disclosure of the information.
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The update of court judgments is compiled by Bhasin & Co, Advocates, a corporate law firm based in New Delhi. The authors can be contacted at lbhasin@bhasinco.in or lbhasin@gmail.com. Readers should not act on the basis of this information without seeking professional legal advice.
